by compound complex 29 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Dear Friends,
Ever so sweetly flow the timeless declarations of our beloved bard of Avon.
Thank you for sharing your personal acquaintance with the creative genius of
William Shakespeare.
However much we imbibe his immortal words, this, our thirst for lucid and memorable phrase, will never be slaked.
How could it?
CC
1. 12th Night
2. Much Ado About Nothing
3. MacBeth
4. Othello
5. Taming of the Shrew
Some Favorite Quotes:
Troilus and Cressida - "The common curse of mankind, - folly and ignorance"
Othello - "Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving."
12th Night - "Love sought is good, but given unsought is better"
"The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose"
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Antonio, in The Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 3, l. 97 (1600). Referring to Shylock.
LRG
Coco:
Have you ever seen Ian McKellen's "Acting Shakespeare?" I recommend it.
Cate
Like Robdar I always loved "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." or this one "Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once."
But I have to say some of the proglgues are also pure gems Like ones from Romeo and Juliet and one from Richard III.
Maybe instead of quoting them, check it rather how professionals do it Couldn't find a better video for Romeo and Juliet but this will do ;)Romeo and Juliet - Prologue
and this one
FunkyDerek - that is one of my favorites:
I also enjoy:
| SONNET 116 |
|---|
| Let me not to the marriage of true minds |
| Admit impediments. Love is not love |
| Which alters when it alteration finds, |
| Or bends with the remover to remove: |
| O no! it is an ever-fixed mark |
| That looks on tempests and is never shaken; |
| It is the star to every wandering bark, |
| Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. |
| Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks |
| Within his bending sickle's compass come: |
| Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, |
| But bears it out even to the edge of doom. |
| If this be error and upon me proved, |
| I never writ, nor no man ever loved |
Wow for zagor's youtubes. NTS: Life's too short, must see live Shakespeare at least once a year.
Pressed for time, don't know where to begin as well. Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet...oh hell, can't pick one or five above another. I tried to pick a sonnet for another thread and got lost in the trying.
William's words are magic to read and transcendent to see well done live as in those youtubes.
Ah! To such sweet music did we this morning awake!
Shall I refrain from mine own verse, if but for thine sake?
I thank thee for such gifts, lyric and true, that herald
A bright, fresh day of utterance pure that heeds when called.
balm of hurt minds, sore labors rest, chief nourisher in life's feast
Have you ever seen Ian McKellen's "Acting Shakespeare?" I recommend it.
Cate
No, cate, but for it I shall go aseeking ...
Thanks for the ref!
CoCo
