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Prejudice: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

Oft it chances, in particular men, That, for some vicious mole of nature in them, As, in their birth, (wherein they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose its origin,) By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason; Or by some habit, which too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners; - that these men,- Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect; Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, - Their virtues else, (be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man can undergo,) Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault: the dram of base Doth all the noble substance often dout,— H. i. 4

To his own scandal. Which warp'd the line of every other favour; Scorn'd a fair colour, or express'd it stolen; Extended or contracted all proportions, To a most hideous object.— A. W. v. 3.

Religious

I am a Jew: Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? if you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? if we are like you in the— M. V. iii. 1.

rest, we will resemble you in that.