“The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.” – Portia
“But love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit.” – Jessica
“Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head?” – Lorenzo
“I would not wish any companion in the world but you” – Bassanio
“In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?” – Portia
“He is complete in feature and in mind, with all good grace to grace a gentleman.” – Portia
“By all the vows that ever men have broke, In number more than ever women spoke, In that same place thou hast appointed me, Tomorrow truly will I meet with thee.” – Portia
“If thou remember’st not the slightest folly That ever love did make thee run into, Thou hast not loved” – Bassanio
“In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, but, being seasoned with a gracious voice, obscures the show of evil?” – Portia
“But love is a spirit all compact of fire” – Jessica
“The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.” – Lorenzo
“I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father. Is it not hard, Nerissa, that I cannot choose one nor refuse none?” – Portia FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT LIFE BEING MORE IMPORTANT THAN OBJECTS
“There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts.” – Antonio
“My meaning in saying he is a good man is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.” – Shylock
“For I can raise no money by vile means.” – Antonio
“A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!” – Jessica
“I am never merry when I hear sweet music.” – Shylock
“What! man! ’tis not impossible.” – Lorenzo
“I am to love a creature uncapable of love.” – Shylock
“You have too much respect upon the world; / They lose it that do buy it with much care.” – Gratiano
“I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.” – Shylock
“Hear me yet, good Shylock.” – Antonio
“In the twinkling of an eye, it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” – Shylock