How far that little candle throws his beams!So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
William Shakespeare · The Merchant of Venice
Wisdom & life
“How far that little candle throws his beams!”
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Work
- The Merchant of Venice
- Found in
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- Year
- 1600
- Chapter / part
- Act V, Scene 1
- Length
- 17 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #100
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. William Shakespeare died in 1616, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1600. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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