"Shut doors after you. / Fast bind, fast find -- / A proverb never stale in thrifty mind."
— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Date
1600
Metaphor
"Shut doors after you. / Fast bind, fast find -- / A proverb never stale in thrifty mind."
Metaphor in Context
SHYLOCK
The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder,
Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day
More than the wildcat. Drones hive not with me;
Therefore I part with him, and part with him
To one that I would have him help to waste
His borrowed purse. Well, Jessica, go in.
Perhaps I will return immediately.
Do as I bid you. Shut doors after you.
Fast bind, fast find --
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
(II.v.45-54)
The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder,
Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day
More than the wildcat. Drones hive not with me;
Therefore I part with him, and part with him
To one that I would have him help to waste
His borrowed purse. Well, Jessica, go in.
Perhaps I will return immediately.
Do as I bid you. Shut doors after you.
Fast bind, fast find --
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
(II.v.45-54)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS
Citation
Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works. Oxford Shakespeare. Electronic Edition for the IBM PC. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, Editor.
Date of Entry
08/11/2003
