Category Archives: Elegant Shakespearean Quotes

Shakespeare, Health-care and Death as Consumer Items

Posted on March 21, 2013 by jimmie

“To die by thee, were but to die in jest; From thee to die, were torture more than death. O, let me stay, befall what may befall!” (King Henry VI, part 2, sct 3, sc. 2) Comment.  In the beginning there was the word. Less widely perceived is the importance of how the word is Read More

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Shakespeare, Murder, the Iraq War and a Letter from a Dying Soldier

Posted on March 20, 2013 by jimmie

“Murder most foul, as in the best it is; But this most foul, strange and unnatural” (Hamlet, act 1, sc. 5) Comment.  It is the 10th Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, when the arrogant ostentation of a nauseating, foul, debased and humanly-worthless elite thought it was courageous to destroy a small and independent country. Read More

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Shakespeare on Wall Street

Posted on March 18, 2013 by jimmie

“If that be right which Warwick says is right There is no wrong, but everything is right.” (King Henry VI, part 3, act 2, sc. 2) Comment. Few will disagree that these days it is increasingly difficult to make sense of banks and of the law (at least as banks are concerned). And while bankers Read More

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Shakespeare and more on Physiognomy

Posted on March 17, 2013 by jimmie

“…The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes” (Coriolanus, act 5, sc. 4) Comment. The preceding blog (Mar 16, 2013, title, “Shakespeare, Physiognomy, the Pope and Lavater”) triggered a few direct e-mails and a comment, more or less condemning the practice to judge a person from his appearance, notably his/her face. Who could disagree?  But Read More

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Shakespeare, Physiognomy, the Pope and Lavater

Posted on March 16, 2013 by jimmie

“Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters…” (Macbeth, act 1, sc. 5 Comment. As usual, there is a barrage of opposing statements regarding the new Pope’s relation with the Argentinian Junta, responsible for the so-called “Dirty War” and the repression of the 1970s – 1980s. Repression is actually Read More

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Shakespeare, Crowds in St. Peter’s Square and the Pope

Posted on March 14, 2013 by jimmie

“… is it fantasy that plays upon our eyesight?” (King Henry IV, part 1, act 5, sc. 3) Comment. Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931) was a French sociologist famous for his study of the behavior of crowds. His book “The Crowd – A Study of the Popular Mind” is instructive. As it is the case with Read More

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Daffodils, Shakespeare, Wordworth, Rustle of Spring, Poetry and Music

Posted on March 12, 2013 by jimmie

“Daffodils, that come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty” (Winter’s Tale, act 4, sc. 4) Comment. Today we will deflect our gaze from the contemptible machinations of warmongers, thieves, perverts and unpalatable politicians. We are at the edge of Spring among whose heralds are the daffodils, now in plentiful Read More

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Shakespeare, Chavez and the Associated Press

Posted on March 9, 2013 by jimmie

“Fellow kings, I tell you that that Lord Say hath gelded the commonwealth, and made it an eunuch” (KHVI p2.4.2) Comment. Among the large volume of nonsense uttered in the US corporate media regarding the death of Hugo Chavez, one of the most extraordinary prizes for stupidity (and that is being kind) must be assigned Read More

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Shakespeare on the Growing Suspicions about 9/11

Posted on February 28, 2013 by jimmie

“Suspicion all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox, Who, ne’er so tame, so cherish’d and lock’d up, Will have a wild trick of his ancestors.” (King Henry IV, part 1, act 5, sc. 2) Comment. Almost 12 years after the event, we should think that Read More

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Shakespeare on Apologies from a Charming Woman

Posted on February 25, 2013 by jimmie

“Thou mak’st faults graces that to thee resort. As on the finger of a throned queen, The basest jewel will be well esteemed.” (Sonnet 96) Comment. Answer with these lines after whatever incident or occurrence that caused her to say ‘excuse me’. And given that flattery is the infantry of negotiations (Oscar Wilde), you have Read More

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