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Quibbling: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

O, dear discretion, how his words are suited! The fool hath planted in his memory An army of good words: and I do know • A many fools, that stand in better place, Garnish'd like him, that for a tricksy word Defy the matter.— M. V. iii. 5.

To see this age! A sentence is but a cheverill glove to a good wit; how quickly the wrong side may be turn'd outward!— T. N. iii. 1.

This is a riddling merchant for the nonce. H. IV. PT. I. ii. 3. How every fool can play upon the word! I think, the Lest grace of wit will shortly turn into silence; and discourse grow commendable in none only but parrots.— M. V. iii. 5.