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Consideration: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

A stirring dwarf we do allowance give Before a sleeping giant.— Shakespeare — Troilus and Cressida. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 146.

Consideration, like an angel came And whipp'd the offending Adam out of him, Leaving his body as a paradise, To envelope and contain celestial spirits.— Shakespeare — Henry V. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 28.

Fathers that wear rags Do make their children blind; But fathers that bear bags Shall see their children kind. C.— Shakespeare — King Lear. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 48.

Let me have audience for a word or two.— Shakespeare — As You Like It. Act V. Sc. 4. L. 157.

The lustre in your eye, heaven in your cheek, Pleads your fair usage.— Shakespeare — Troilus and Cressida. Act IV. Sc. 4. L. 120.

What you have said I will consider; what you have to say I will with patience hear, and find a time Both meet to hear and answer such high things. Julius Cæsar. Act I. Sc. 2. L.