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Shakespeare on Improbable Fiction and Incredible Reality

“If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.” (Twelfth Night, act 3, sc. 4) Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, the one to whom the Pope said in person, “Thank you for helping to keep the world safe” (!!! – see blog of Jan 20, 2013 or search for Read More

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Shakespeare, Love Quotes for him, Love Quotes for her (more to come)

“Here comes the countess: now heaven walks on earth.” (Twelfth Night, act 5, sc. 1) Comments. We must, we should, we have to change the subject of political elections. If not else, in an attempt to forget that millions of well-intended citizens will go to vote in the totally unsupported belief that their vote will Read More

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Shakespeare on Love at First Sight, take 4

“O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, Methought she purged the air of pestilence! That instant was I turn’d into a hart; And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds, E’er since pursue me.” (Twelfth Night, act 1, sc. 1) Comments. A curious and original air-purifying effect of love at first sight. There are Read More

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Shakespeare on the Waste of Time

“The clock upbraids me with the waste of time.” (Twelfth Night, act 3, sc. 1) Tips for Use and Comments. Change ‘me’ to ‘us’ when you wish to convince your companions to stop wasting time. Time is a commodity, it is the inexplicable raw material of everything and it is extraordinary that it has not Read More

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Shakespeare on Women and Roses

“For women are as roses, whose fair flower Being once display’d, doth fall that very hour.” (Twelfth Night, act 2, sc. 4) Tips for Use. The statement suggests a double standard and a trace of ‘macho’ philosophy. You may just use ‘Women are as roses’. But if she is an insufferable lady very full of Read More

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Shakespeare on Music as the Food of Love

“If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it; that surfeiting The appetite may sicken and so die. (Twelfth Night act 1, sc. 1) Tips for use. Answer to ‘Would you like to listen to some music?’ in a romantic setting. Music occupies the void that words cannot fill. Though Read More

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No meat, please. Shakespeare on Vegetarianism

“… but I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm my wit.” (Twelfth Night act 1 sc. 3) Tips for Use. Make the quote part of an introduction when promoting the value of vegetarianism. Or quote to justify your vegetarian life-style and why you may refuse the meat offered at Read More

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