Category Archives: Elegant Shakespearean Quotes

Shakespeare Insults and Mutual Dislikes

Posted on April 23, 2012 by jimmie

AENEAS. We know each other well. DIOMEDES. We do; and long to know each other worse.”  (Troilus and Cressida, act 4, sc. 1) Tips for Use. Call it chemistry or any other fancy term from psychology or pop psychology – we like some people and others we do not. Who has never met the occasion Read More

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Shakespeare and the Formation of Habit

Posted on April 22, 2012 by jimmie

“How use doth breed a habit in a man!” (Two Gentlemen from Verona, act 5, sc. 4) Tips for Use. Theories, or rather opinions about habit lead to two opposite conclusions, depending on which point the holder of the opinion tries to prove. Some believe that people can never change and folk discourse is replete Read More

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Shakespeare, Walking as a Mental-care Remedy

Posted on April 21, 2012 by jimmie

 “…a turn or two I’ll walk, To still my beating mind.” (Tempest act 4, sc. 1) Tips for Use. For many health-care seems a very modern development, possibly because “health-care” is associated with the term health-care industry. And making an industry out of health-care brings to mind the idea of ‘market economy’ and all that Read More

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Shakespeare, Folly and Despair

Posted on April 20, 2012 by jimmie

“…O my breast, Thy hope ends here!” (Macbeth act 4, sc. 3) Tips for Use.  A good line at a corporate meeting if and when you see that the decisions taken will wreck the company or the business. But this could equally be the reaction of many to the type of news we hear and Read More

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Shakespeare and the Perfect Romantic Quote

Posted on April 19, 2012 by jimmie

“…the sweetest flower of all the field.” (Romeo and Juliet, act 4, sc. 5) Tips for Use.  It was Mark Twain who claimed he could live for two months on a good compliment. If it’s two months for a man, make it at least double for a lady. Today’s blog quote makes a  good line Read More

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Shakespeare, Macbeth, Greed and Power

Posted on April 18, 2012 by jimmie

“… And my more having would be as a sauce To make me hunger more: that I should forge Quarrels unjust against the good and loyal, Destroying them for wealth.” (Macbeth act 4, sc. 3) Tips for Use.  A suitable example and a warning about greed, given that greed feeds on itself. The first part Read More

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Shakespeare and Democracy in America

Posted on April 17, 2012 by jimmie

“A plague o’ both your houses! They have made worms’ meat of me.” (Romeo and Juliet act 3, sc. 1) Tips for Use.  Apply to Democrats and Republicans, or to the Congress or the Senate, if you are unhappy with the current two party system. That there is no difference between “both your houses” and, Read More

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Shakespeare, Astronomy and a different Type of Education

Posted on April 16, 2012 by jimmie

“Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck, And yet methinks I have astronomy, But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive.” (SON.14) Tips for Use.   Education from the eyes of a lover. It’s going a bit overboard but it makes for a flattering compliment, especially if you met the object of your Read More

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When your Girlfriend asks you for a Favor

Posted on April 15, 2012 by jimmie

“Being thy slave what should I do but tend Upon the hours and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to do till you require.” (SON.57) Tips for Use.   Answer to, ‘Will you do this for me?’ And/or a follow up after you already said yes Read More

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Shakespeare and the Dilemma of Conscience and Consciousness

Posted on April 14, 2012 by jimmie

“Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought. And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action” (Hamlet act 3, sc. 1) Tips for Use.  This is the Read More

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