| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1296 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (15641616) |
| QUOTATION: | Whereof whats past is prologue, what to come In yours and my discharge. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, The Tempest, act II, scene i, lines 25354. Antonio is speaking.
Whats past is prologue is carved on the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. |
| SUBJECTS: | Past and future |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection | | |
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