| Quote | Character |
| When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. | |
| I hate him for he is a Christian | |
| It is a wise father that knows his own child. | |
| All that glisters is not gold. | |
| Let me have judgment and the Jew his will. | |
| Go one, and call the Jew into the court. | |
| This ring, good sir? | |
| I'll see if I can get my husband's ring, Which I did make him swear to keep for ever. | |
| Farewell; and if my fortune be not cross'd, I have a father, you a daughter, lost. | |
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| Nay, but I bar to-night; you shall not gage me by what we do to-night | |
| Fair Jessica shall be my torchbearer. | |
| Shed thou no blood; nor cut thou less, nor more, | |
| Nay, take my life and all | |
| The Jew shall have my flesh, blood, bones, and all, Ere thou shalt lose for me one drop of blood. | |
| Yea, twice the sum: if that will not suffice, I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er, | |
| Your mind is tossing on the ocean; | |
| I pray you tell me, is my boy (God rest his soul!) alive or dead? | |
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