“ Go to your bosom;Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know ”
William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure (1623). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Source | Measure for Measure |
| Topic | feeling heart |
| Date | 1623 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Written between 1603 and 1604 |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23045/23045-h/23045-h.htm |
Context
“more on't.
Ang. Why do you put these sayings upon me?
Isab. Because authority, though it err like others.
135 Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself, That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom;
Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault: if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, 140 Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.” source
Ang. Why do you put these sayings upon me?
Isab. Because authority, though it err like others.
135 Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself, That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom;
Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault: if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, 140 Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.” source
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