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Brutus, Julius Caesar, a Better Opinion or Better Advice

Posted on June 22, 2012 by jimmie

“Good reasons must, of course, give place to better.”  (Julius Caesar act 4, sc. 3) Tips for use.  To gracefully acknowledge somebody else’s advice on a particular course of action. Useful during a presentation or whenever you must narrate biographical events or details or give explanation as to why you changed your ideas or course Read More

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Seven Ages of Man, take 4, the Soldier

Posted on June 12, 2012 by jimmie

“… Then a soldier, Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation, Even in the cannon mouth.” Tips for use. “Bubble reputation” applies at large and not only to those who seek it in the military. In fact, a moment of reflection will show how easily reputation, often a euphemism for Read More

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Shakespeare on Ambition, Upstarts, Lowliness as Ambition’s Ladder

Posted on June 7, 2012 by jimmie

“…’tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition’s    ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.” (Julius Caesar act 2., sc.1) Tips for use.  Sadly, a Read More

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Shakespeare on Ecofriendly Living According to Nature

Posted on June 5, 2012 by jimmie

 “And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing.” (As You Like It act 2, sc.1) Tips for use.  What better way to praise a life of simple pleasures and relaxation, bucking the incitement to incessant and unstoppable consumption Read More

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Shakespeare on Dreams, Children of an Idle Brain

Posted on May 30, 2012 by jimmie

“… I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air And more inconstant than the wind” (Romeo and Juliet act 1, sc. 4) Tips for use. Excellent line to contest and state your opposition to an unrealistic Read More

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Shakespeare on Sleep as a Health-Care Remedy

Posted on May 24, 2012 by jimmie

“The best of rest is sleep, And that thou oft provokest; yet grossly fear’st Thy death, which is no more.” (Measure For Measure act 3, sc.1) Tips for Use. Here is a quotation that, divided into sections, can be applied in three different contexts. That the best of rest is sleep, is a medical or 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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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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