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Shakespeare on Relative Strengths and Weaknesses

Posted on July 16, 2012 by jimmie

“To end a tale of length, Troy in our weakness stands, not in her strength.” (Troilus and Cressida, act 1, sc. 3) Tips for Use. Change ‘Troy’ to any other city, state, person, situation, circumstances, where the enemy appears strong because the weaker party is incapable of organizing itself. In fact the truth is so Read More

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Shakespeare on Feminism, Women Power and Free Speech

Posted on July 15, 2012 by jimmie

 “Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak.” (As You Like It, act 3, sc. 2) Tips for Use. This line is specifically addressed to and usable by the members of the gentle sex. It also shows that feminism was not totally foreign to the mode of thought of Read More

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Shakespeare on Vows, Love Promises and Promises Broken

Posted on July 12, 2012 by jimmie

“Vows are but breath, and breath a vapour is” (Love’s Labours Lost, act 4, sc. 3) Comments. The line can be interpreted in two ways, or better, adapted to two opposite circumstances. To state that vows are but breath means to deny the validity of any commitment. As such, the message has a negative tone Read More

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Shakespeare on Bad Food and Bad Restaurants

Posted on July 10, 2012 by jimmie

“… thy food is such As hath been belched on by infected lungs.” (Pericles act 4, sc. 6) Comments. Excellent line to describe your disgust with a particularly bad restaurant, “Their food is such as hath been belched on by infected lungs.” Truth and tales abound about bad restaurants and bad food, depending also on Read More

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Shakespeare on Those Who are Thick with It

Posted on July 9, 2012 by jimmie

“…his wit is as thick as Tewkesbury mustard!” (King Henry IV p2, act 2, sc. 4) Comments.  Excellent comeback especially appropriate for people who think of themselves as being witty when they are not.  One such category is that of the critics, who, according to Anton Checkhov “…are like horse-flies which prevent the horse from Read More

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Shakespeare on Sex and Aging

Posted on July 8, 2012 by jimmie

“Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?” (King Henry IV p2, act 2, sc. 4) Comments. Applicable to any aging Romeo. A modern equivalent is, “I still run after women but no longer remember why.” In his Anatomy of Melancholy Robert Burton, reflecting on the general cure for love-melancholy, says, Read More

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Shakespeare on Opinion and Performance Appraisal

Posted on July 6, 2012 by jimmie

“God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.” (Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 2) Comments. Perfect answer to the question, “What do you think of him?” when your opinion of the subject in question is negative. It is an insult that takes away the coarseness without removing the sting. You may Read More

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Shakespeare, Diet, Problem with Sugar and Diabetes

Posted on July 5, 2012 by jimmie

“… The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness, And in the taste confounds the appetite (Romeo and Juliet act 2, sc. 6) Comments. This is for readers of this blog and website who may have a weakness for sugar and sweet things in general. Although, for the sake of accuracy, honey here is Read More

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Shakespeare, Independence Day and the Occupy Wall Street Movement

Posted on July 4, 2012 by jimmie

“Till now you have gone on and fill’d the time With all licentious measure, making your wills The scope of justice; till now myself and such As slept within the shadow of your power Have wander’d with our traversed arms and breathed Our sufferance vainly: now the time     is flush, When crouching marrow in the Read More

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Shakespeare, Preaching and Practice, Do as I Say not as I Do

Posted on July 2, 2012 by jimmie

“I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.” (Merchant of Venice act 1, sc. 2) Comments.  An obvious truth with ample statistical support, recent and old. The Earl of Chesterfield (1694 -1771) became famous in literature through his letters to his Read More

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