Famous Quotes | A woman moved is like a fountain...

A woman moved is like a fountain troubled.
Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty,
And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty
Will deign to sip or touch one drop of it.
- William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Katherina, in The Taming of the Shrew, act 5, sc. 2, l. 142-5. Katherine lectures the angry (”moved”) widow; “ill-seeming” = ugly.

Categories: Anger, Dramatist, Women

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