Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.”
- Date
- c. 1604
- Local voice
- Fictional character · First Lord
Meaning of “The web of our life is of a…”
Human life is pictured as a fabric woven from favorable and painful threads rather than a story made from only one kind of experience.
Where does it come from?
All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 3; the First Lord reflects that human life is woven from good and ill together while discussing Bertram and Parolles. Verified against Wikisource’s 1910 facsimile transcription of the 1623 First Folio (folio spelling “The webbe of our life, is of a mingled yarne”); direct evidence resolves to the reviewed Act IV transcription.
Why the local voice matters
All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3. The First Lord speaks the reflection while discussing Parolles and the mixed consequences of human conduct.
