Remembering William Shakespeare

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The English poet, playwright and actor is being commemorated on the anniversary of his death. He is also believed to have been born on the same day in 1564.

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[E111]

-Julius Caesar

[sboyr2r]

All the world is a stage 

[mantis]

Romeo & Juliet 😍

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Just now, mantis said:

Romeo & Juliet 😍

Merchant of Venice 

[tacobell fan]

3 minutes ago, sboyr2r said:

Merchant of Venice 

Rice and Curry emi kadu

[mantis]

Hamlet

[r2d2]

By my life, this is my lady's hand these be her very C's, her U's  ‘N’ her T's and thus makes she her great P's.

 

[mantis]

These violent delights have violent ends,
And in their triumph die; like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume: the sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness,
And in the taste confounds the appetite:
Therefore love moderately: long love doth so.

Friar Lawrence (Act 2, Scene 6)

In this quote, the friar uses the example of honey which, although it’s delicious to our taste buds, can cause serious stomach pains if we eat too much too quickly. In the same way, while rushing into a loving relationship is tempting, it’s far wiser to be moderate with our passions if we want a marriage that will endure for a lifetime.

It’s interesting that Friar Lawrence is always counseling Romeo and Juliet to love moderately, yet the Friar is a driving force that brings the two lovebirds together (and, some might argue, a major factor in their untimely demise). Friar Lawrence is well aware of the fickle nature of Romeo’s affections considering his unrequited love for Rosaline at the start of the play.

[E111]

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; 

 I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. 

 The evil that men do lives after them; 

 The good is oft interred with their bones; 

 So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus 

 Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: 

 If it were so, it was a grievous fault, 

 And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it. 

 Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest-- 

 For Brutus is an honourable man; 

 So are they all, all honourable men-- 

 Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. 

 He was my friend, faithful and just to me: 

 But Brutus says he was ambitious; 

 And Brutus is an honourable man. 

 He hath brought many captives home to Rome 

 Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: 

 Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? 

 When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: 

 Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: 

 Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; 

 And Brutus is an honourable man. 

 You all did see that on the Lupercal 

 I thrice presented him a kingly crown, 

 Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? 

 Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; 

 And, sure, he is an honourable man. 

 I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, 

 But here I am to speak what I do know. 

 You all did love him once, not without cause: 

 What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? 

 O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, 

 And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; 

 My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, 

 And I must pause till it come back to me

[mantis]

6 minutes ago, E111 said:

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; 

 I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. 

 The evil that men do lives after them; 

 The good is oft interred with their bones; 

 So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus 

 Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: 

 If it were so, it was a grievous fault, 

 And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it. 

 Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest-- 

 For Brutus is an honourable man; 

 So are they all, all honourable men-- 

 Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. 

 He was my friend, faithful and just to me: 

 But Brutus says he was ambitious; 

 And Brutus is an honourable man. 

 He hath brought many captives home to Rome 

 Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: 

 Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? 

 When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: 

 Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: 

 Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; 

 And Brutus is an honourable man. 

 You all did see that on the Lupercal 

 I thrice presented him a kingly crown, 

 Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? 

 Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; 

 And, sure, he is an honourable man. 

 I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, 

 But here I am to speak what I do know. 

 You all did love him once, not without cause: 

 What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? 

 O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, 

 And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; 

 My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, 

 And I must pause till it come back to me

[DaVinci]

Othello - the greatest tragedy is something I'm looking forward to read. Apparently, Abraham Lincoln was a great admirer of Othello so much so that Othello was the only other book apart from the Bible he had by his bedside.  

[mantis]

Just now, DaVinci said:

Othello - the greatest tragedy is something I'm looking forward to read. Apparently, Abraham Lincoln was a great admirer of Othello so much so that Othello was the only other book apart from the Bible he had by his bedside.  

Good to know...I will read it 

[DaVinci]

40 minutes ago, mantis said:

Good to know...I will read it 

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