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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

642 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:642
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves.
ATTRIBUTION:The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.