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Category Archives: Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations
Nonsense! Or Senseless Speaking
“… senseless speaking or a speaking such As sense cannot untie.” (Cymbeline act 5 sc. 4) Tips for Use. That many speak nonsense or don’t know what they are talking about requires no explanation or proof. Turn on any TV channel and masochistically listen to the typical declarations of sundry politicians. Generalities, platitudes, untruths, statements Read More
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Tagged answer to nonsense, best shakespeare quotes, cymbeline, elegant shakespeare quotes, shakespeare in business, talking nonsense
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Love at First Sight
“…The very instant that I saw you, did My heart fly to your service” (Tempest act 3 sc. 1) Tips for Use. In declarations of love the frontier between the romantic and the ridiculous is usually quite narrow. It is quite true that, “Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies they themselves Read More
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Authority, a dog obeyed in office
K. LEAR Thou hast seen a farmer’s dog bark at a beggar? GLOUCESTER Ay, sir. K. LEAR And the creature run from the cur? There thou mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog’s obeyed in office. (King Lear act 4 sc.6) Tips for Use. A healthy lack of respect for pomp and authority Read More
Posted in After Dinner Quotes, Best Shakespeare Quotes, Business Presentations, Elegant Shakespearean Quotes, Insults Shakespeare-style, Philosophical, Psychological & Historical Considerations, Presentation Ideas, Shakespeare in Management, Social Exchanges Shakespeare style
Tagged After Dinner Quotes, opinion on authority, Shakespeare in Management, Shakespeare in Politics, tip for business presentation
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Innovation, Coriolanus, Shakespeare in management
“What custom wills, in all things should we do’t, The dust on antique time would lie unswept, And mountainous error be too highly heapt For truth to o’er-peer.” (Coriolanus act 2 sc. 3) Tips for Use. When you are proposing a new, brilliant project or idea and meet with the usual resistance by the entrenched, Read More
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No Hope Left
“…O my breast, Thy hope ends here!” (Macbeth act 4 sc.3) Tips for Use. Your reaction to a piece of news that puts an end to your hopes or expectations. Your reaction to the utterings by politicians of the left or the right. In the play. Malcolm portrays himself as unfit to govern (after the Read More
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Tagged best shakespeare quotes, current politicians, elegant shakespeare quotes, hope, impossible situation, no hope left, utter frustration
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Greed, Power and Consequences
Then every thing includes itself in power, Power into will, will into appetite; And appetite, an universal wolf, So doubly seconded with will and power, Must make perforce an universal prey, And last eat up himself.” (Troilus and Cressida act 1, sc. 3) Tips for Use. Optimal words to concisely describe the structure of power. Read More
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Tagged appetite_for_power, greed, office_politics, political_lessons, power, Shakespeare_on_greed
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Your Opinion on current Politicians or Government or both
“ ‘Tis the times’ plague, when madmen lead the blind.” (King Lear act 4 sc.1) Tips for use. Your opinion of current politicians or of the current political situation or of the management in your company. In the play. Gloucester (blind) is led by Edgar (his son) who pretends to be mad.
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Tagged company_life, frustration_at_management, politicians, poor_administration, poor_management
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Easy instructions…..easy installation, implementation etc.
“ … Put not yourself into amazement how these things should be. All difficulties are but easy when they are known. (Measure For Measure act 4 sc. 2) Tip for Use. Answer or comment to an expression of amazement or incredulity. The second part of the quote, “All difficulties are but easy when they are Read More
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Tagged difficulties_overcome, easy_instructions, no_worries, problem_solved, shakespeare social quotes
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Caution required… if it is too good to be true…
“It is the bright day that brings forth the adder; And that craves wary walking.” (JC.2.1) Tips for Use. Advocate prudence in the midst of excessive optimism. In the book “Your Daily Shakespeare” see also ‘Scoundrels, s. around – … there are cozeners abroad; therefore it behooves men to be wary.’ In the play. Brutus Read More
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All the World’s a Stage
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His act being seven ages (As You Like It, act 2, sc. 7) Tips for Use. A wry comment whenever you feel that there is something Read More