Monthly Archives: July 2012

Shakespeare on Those Who are Thick with It

Posted on July 9, 2012 by jimmie

“…his wit is as thick as Tewkesbury mustard!” (King Henry IV p2, act 2, sc. 4) Comments.  Excellent comeback especially appropriate for people who think of themselves as being witty when they are not.  One such category is that of the critics, who, according to Anton Checkhov “…are like horse-flies which prevent the horse from Read More

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Shakespeare on Sex and Aging

Posted on July 8, 2012 by jimmie

“Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?” (King Henry IV p2, act 2, sc. 4) Comments. Applicable to any aging Romeo. A modern equivalent is, “I still run after women but no longer remember why.” In his Anatomy of Melancholy Robert Burton, reflecting on the general cure for love-melancholy, says, Read More

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Shakespeare on Opinion and Performance Appraisal

Posted on July 6, 2012 by jimmie

“God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.” (Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 2) Comments. Perfect answer to the question, “What do you think of him?” when your opinion of the subject in question is negative. It is an insult that takes away the coarseness without removing the sting. You may Read More

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Shakespeare, Diet, Problem with Sugar and Diabetes

Posted on July 5, 2012 by jimmie

“… The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness, And in the taste confounds the appetite (Romeo and Juliet act 2, sc. 6) Comments. This is for readers of this blog and website who may have a weakness for sugar and sweet things in general. Although, for the sake of accuracy, honey here is Read More

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Shakespeare, Independence Day and the Occupy Wall Street Movement

Posted on July 4, 2012 by jimmie

“Till now you have gone on and fill’d the time With all licentious measure, making your wills The scope of justice; till now myself and such As slept within the shadow of your power Have wander’d with our traversed arms and breathed Our sufferance vainly: now the time     is flush, When crouching marrow in the Read More

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Shakespeare, Love quotes for Him, Love Quotes for Her

Posted on July 3, 2012 by jimmie

“I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.” (Much Ado About Nothing act 4, sc. 1) Comments.  In the chapter “Symptoms of Love”, of Robert Burton’s “Anatomy of Melancholy”, we find that ancient playwright Eustathius has his character “panting at the heart at the sight of his mistress,” Read More

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Shakespeare, Preaching and Practice, Do as I Say not as I Do

Posted on July 2, 2012 by jimmie

“I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.” (Merchant of Venice act 1, sc. 2) Comments.  An obvious truth with ample statistical support, recent and old. The Earl of Chesterfield (1694 -1771) became famous in literature through his letters to his Read More

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Shakespeare Quote, Hard Rock Groups, Hearing Loss and Irish Wolves

Posted on July 1, 2012 by jimmie

“Pray you, no more of this; ’tis like the howling of Irish wolves against the moon.” (As You Like It act 5, sc. 3) Comments. Applicable whenever your hearing is exposed to loud and very unpleasant or distasteful music – e.g. when your neighbors rehearse with their hard rock group. General opinions about music have Read More

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