4 quotations linked to All’s Well That Ends Well by or associated with William Shakespeare, with source notes, explanations and related topics.
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“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
The line values trustworthy character above possessions or reputation inherited after death.
Source note: All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 3, Scene 5; the line occurs in dialogue that values honest character above material inheritance.
“Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.”
Before assuming rescue must come from outside, the line asks what capacity, choice, or effort is already available within.
Source note: All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 1, Scene 1.
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
The advice combines generosity with judgment: goodwill can be broad while trust remains selective.
Source note: All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 1, Scene 1; the Countess gives Bertram compact advice about conduct before he leaves.
“The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.”
Human life is pictured as a fabric woven from favorable and painful threads rather than a story made from only one kind of experience.
Source note: All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3.