| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 531 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (15641616) |
| QUOTATION: | For it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lackd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 1. [text] |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
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