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" Of every hearer; for it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us, Whiles it was ours... "
The Works of Shakespear: In Six Volumes - Page 501
by William Shakespeare - 1745
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Historical Pictures of the Middle Ages, in Black and White: Made on the Spot ...

Mrs Robert Moore - 1846 - 372 pages
...false security or indifference ; and he proved by the sudden violence of his grief and resentment, That, what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it ; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value ; then we find The virtue, that possession would not shew us Whiles...
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The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 1, Volume 1

Harold C. Goddard - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 410 pages
...succinct summary of his prophecy of the effect on Claudio of the "nothing" of Hero's death: for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles...
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 32

Kenneth Muir - Drama - 2002 - 280 pages
...the instant that she was accused, Shall be lamented, pitied, and excused Of every hearer. For it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show...
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Broken Nuptials in Shakespeare's Plays

Carol Thomas Neely - Drama - 1985 - 300 pages
...That Ends Well, Hamlet, Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, and The Winter's Tale. For it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost, Why then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show...
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Selected Poems

William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...the instant that she was accused, Shall be lamented, pitied, and excused Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show...
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Intercultural Interactions: A Practical Guide

Kenneth Cushner, Richard W. Brislin - Psychology - 1996 - 388 pages
...exposure to the bureaucracies of the host country. VALUES: THE INTEGRATING FORCE IN CULTURE For it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost. Why then we rack the value. — William Shakespeare, Much Ado Abaut Nothing I value...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...the instant that she was accused, Shall be lamented, pitied, and excused Of every hearer: for it so else. * Unto the state of Venice. GRATIANO. О upright judge! — Mark, Jew: — lackt and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare

Laurie Rozakis - Fiction - 1999 - 406 pages
...it gets. Stars abound in the film version ofMuch Ado About Nothing. Who Gets Top Billing? For it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles...
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1989 - 1286 pages
...the instant that she was accused, Shall be lamented, pitied, and excused Of every hearer: for it so 1 lackt and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show...
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Renaissance Drama 31: New Series XXXI 2002 Performing Affect

Jeffrey Masten, Wendy Wall - Drama - 2002 - 258 pages
...antiromance. It may be philosophical pragmatism, like that expressed by the Friar in Much Ado about Nothing: "what we have we prize not to the worth / Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, / Why then we rack the value" (4.1.218-20).68 However, I see in the speech nothing but fear,...
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