QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ACT/SCENE: 3.1
SPEAKER: Lance
CONTEXT:
SPEED
‘Item: She hath more hair than wit,’—
LANCE
More hair than wit? It may be; I’ll prove it. The
cover of the salt hides the salt, and therefore it
is more than the salt; the hair that covers the wit
is more than the wit, for the greater hides the
less. What’s next?
SPEED
‘And more faults than hairs,’—
LANCE
That’s monstrous: O, that that were out!
SPEED
‘And more wealth than faults.’
LANCE
Why, that word makes the faults gracious. Well,
I’ll have her; and if it be a match, as nothing is
impossible,—

DUTCH:
O, dat woord maakt de gebreken bekoorlijk! Goed,
ik wil haar hebben; en als wij een paar worden, zooals
geen ding onmoog’lijk is.

MORE:
Proverb: Nothing is impossible (hard, difficult) to a willing heart (mind)
Proverb: Bush natural, more hair than wit
Salt=Salt-cellar
Gracious=Acceptable
Compleat:
Salt seller=Een zout-vat
Gracious=Genadig, genadenryk, aangenaam, lieftallig, gunstig

Topics: proverbs and idioms, intellect, flaw/fault, moneyinsult