Vol. 08 · Shakespeare ·Othello, Act V.ii ·Othello
"I loved too well."
Not quite the line.
How it's usually quoted
"I loved too well."
What Shakespeare actually wrote
"Of one that loved not wisely, but too well." Othello — Othello, Act V.ii
Why it matters
Othello is describing himself in third person — deliberately framing his suicide as an epitaph. The short paraphrase strips out "not wisely" and so loses the self-indictment.
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