The Merchant of Venice

By William Shakespeare

QUOTATION: How shalt thou hope for mercy, rendering none?
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Duke, in The Merchant of Venice, act 4, sc. 1, l. 88.

QUOTATION: I like not fair terms and a villain’s mind.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Bassanio, in The Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 3, l. 179.

QUOTATION: Fortune now
To my heart’s hope!
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Prince of Arragon, in The Merchant of Venice, act 2, sc. 9, l. 19-20.

QUOTATION: For thy desires
Are wolvish, bloody, starved, and ravenous.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Gratiano, in The Merchant of Venice, act 4, sc. 1, l. 137-8.

QUOTATION: I am not bid for love, they flatter me.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Shylock, in The Merchant of Venice, act 2, sc. 5, l. 13.

QUOTATION: The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Antonio, in The Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 3, l. 97 (1600).

QUOTATION: Well then, it now appears you need my help.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Shylock, in The Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 3, l. 114.

QUOTATION: I never knew so young a body with so old a head.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Duke of The Merchant of Venice, act 4, sc. 1, l. 163-4.

QUOTATION: Promise me life, and I’ll confess the truth.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Bassanio, in The Merchant of Venice, act 3, sc. 2, l. 34.

QUOTATION: In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Antonio, in The Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 1, l. 1.

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