“Let vultures gripe thy guts.” (Merry Wives of Windsor act 1, sc. 3)
Tips for use. Excellent retort to an accusation or act or word of insolence when you do not immediately have an answer. Excellent comeback during a political debate. No doubt Pistol had in mind the myth of Prometheus, the Titan god of forethought and useful undertakings who, among other things, was given the task of moulding mankind out of clay. A pre-Marxist of sort, Prometheus took upon himself to improve the conditions of his newly-moulded creatures. At first he craftily removed the best meat portions of a sacrificial feast to the Gods and instead gave them to man. He had not yet discovered that Continue reading
