A Rose for Christmas?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by jimmie

Rose for Shakespearean Christmas quotationAt Christmas I no more desire a rose,
Than wish a snow in May’s new fangled mirth,
But like of each thing as in season grows.” (LLL.1.1)

How to Use. The best quotes capture simple truths in a unique way that makes them memorable. This is especially true of William Shakespeare’s quotes on life. Use these lines, for example in a wishing card – you can almost rest assured to be original.
Or in a more general way, use the quote to emphasize the importance of appropriateness – each thing in its own place and time.
See “Your Daily Shakespeare” at page 88 where, besides this quote you will find reference to other slightly different Shakespearean quotes on appropriateness along with the context in which the original lines appear in the play or poem or sonnet. Here we are in the play Love’s Labours Lost. Biron disapproves of the king’s program which includes seclusion and learning. Asked why not Biron suggests that learning is out of place and season, just like a Christmas in May.

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Champagne Toast

Posted on January 11, 2012 by jimmie

Shakespearean Champagne Toast“I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table” (M.3.4)

How to Use. The occasion where to use this quote is self-explanatory. It could open your before-dinner or after-dinner speech or toast. You could even add a bit of self-irony, considering the situation where the lines appear in Macbeth.  In fact Macbeth, after first killing Duncan and then Banquo, proposes a toast to the other guests at his table. He also attempts to justify Banquo’s absence by pretending not to know.
See “Your Daily Shakespeare” page 940, where you will find many other Shakespearean ways to propose toasts to friends and miscellaneous audiences. Your Daily Shakespeare is a unique and useful source for the striking and best Shakespearean quotes for all occasions, actually more than 10,000.

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Good Appetite Toast

Posted on January 11, 2012 by jimmie

“Now, good digestion wait on appetite,
And health on both!” (Macbeth 3.4)

How to Use. Excellent and appropriate lines when you are asked to say a few words before or after a dinner. To add a touch of irony or black humor, you may refer to the origin of the quote. Namely, Macbeth hires two terrorists to kill his unsuspecting friend Banquo. Shortly afterwards, Macbeth organizes a banquet in his castle, but Banquo’s ghost is hovering about.

You will find this quote in “Your Daily Shakespeare” at page 940 along with pages of other equally suitable Shakespearean toasts.

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Break my Heart

Posted on January 11, 2012 by jimmie

a Shakespearean heart brokenBreak my heart
For I must hold my tongue (Hamlet, act 1, sc. 2)

How to Use. Short, pointed and one of the best Shakespeare lines when you want to convey that you strongly disapprove of what is going on but, for whatever reason, you must contain your anger.
It may apply to a quarrel with your wife or significant other. Or it may be useful at a corporate meeting when an asinine president makes a stupid remark that may or may not refer to you. Or a decision is taken that you know will wreck the company in a way or another. You can just utter it as is or use as an answer to “What do you think?” when he who asks the question expects you to erupt into a volley of angry remarks. “Break my heart, for I must hold my tongue” says it all and, in a way, you show more intelligence than the promoters of the stupid decision. You will find this quote in “Your Daily Shakespeare” at page 855 along with references to other Shakespearean alternatives in the same vein

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Your Home, Your Castle

Posted on January 11, 2012 by jimmie

shakespearean home and castle“This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air
Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle senses.” (Macbeth.1.6)

How to use. Here is an elegant means to pay a sincere and mildly flattering compliment to your host by relying one of the many and best Shakespearean quote. The size or nature of the house does not matter, just say “This house hath a pleasant seat…etc.”
In the play. he who pays the compliment is King Duncan, invited as a guest to the castle of Macbeth by Macbeth himself along with his notorious wife. Duncan, if he could, would have bitterly regretted the hospitality, as it is here in the castle of Duncinane that Macbeth murdered him.
You will find the quote in “Your Daily Shakespeare” at page 729 along with quotes to suit and fit more than ten thousand similar and different situations.

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Foreign Girls

Posted on January 10, 2012 by jimmie

french bread shop“I shall never move thee in French, unless it be to laugh at me.” (King Henry V 5.2)

How to use. The quote is applicable to whatever nationality your girlfriend may have, if you are weak in her language, e.g. “I shall never move thee in Hungarian, unless it be to laugh at me”You will find this quote in “Your Daily Shakespeare” at p. 350 along with other 3 pages of quotes applicable when you are dealing with foreign girls within or without a romantic setting.

In the play. Henry V woos Kathryn of France after having defeated the French at Agincourt. Clearly a political marriage to give a coat of respectability to the imperial ambitions of England. The first justification for the invasion had been provided by priests at the English court who, with a rather questionable argument found that Henry had a right to the French crown through lineage.

French Bakery Shop

 

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