tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post8664466418800975159..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Favorite Shakespeare Quoteselena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-83094115898159494192008-05-12T07:31:00.000-04:002008-05-12T07:31:00.000-04:00Sorry, I don't!Sorry, I don't!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-45227748343012523562008-05-11T22:21:00.000-04:002008-05-11T22:21:00.000-04:00does anyone know which play this quote comes from ...does anyone know which play this quote comes from please?<BR/><BR/>"Thou art thy Mother's glass, and she in thee <BR/>Calls back the lovely April of her Prime"<BR/><BR/>Thank youTVGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980095113287966554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-71972204342015891822007-04-30T12:36:00.000-04:002007-04-30T12:36:00.000-04:00If you'd like a little light-heartedness, let me k...If you'd like a little light-heartedness, let me know what you think about the alleged controversy surrounding his gingerbread quotation at <A HREF="http://smallandbig.blogspot.com/2007/04/shakespeare-spelling-and-1-gingerbread.html" REL="nofollow">Shakespeare, Spelling, And 1¢ Gingerbread</A>.<BR/><BR/>P.L. Frederick<BR/><A HREF="http://smallandbig.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Small and Big</A>P.L. Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13598443239343593305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-17295248334405489022007-04-30T11:58:00.000-04:002007-04-30T11:58:00.000-04:00The excerpt from Julius Caesar has been bowdlerize...The excerpt from Julius Caesar has been bowdlerized over the years to the well-known aphorism <I>"A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man dies but once."</I><BR/><BR/>Like many enduring, popular expressions and "truisms," however, most folks have no idea that they're quoting from either holy scripture...or Shakespeare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-25883617861203641942007-04-30T10:39:00.000-04:002007-04-30T10:39:00.000-04:00I did not know that quote, archangelmr!That is one...I did not know that quote, archangelmr!<BR/><BR/>That is one of my favorites, too, wordsmith!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-17552861045382575752007-04-30T10:07:00.000-04:002007-04-30T10:07:00.000-04:00"Cowards die many times before their deaths. The v..."Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once." from the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-4997646461780036332007-04-30T09:02:00.000-04:002007-04-30T09:02:00.000-04:00From women's eyes this doctrine I derive:They spar...<I>From women's eyes this doctrine I derive:They sparkle still the right Promethean fire;They are the books, the arts, the academes,That show, contain, and nourish all the world.</I><BR/>—Loves Labours Lost (Act 4, Scene 3)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-29310950059133066052007-04-29T20:57:00.000-04:002007-04-29T20:57:00.000-04:00That is beautiful, Lylia, thank you!That is beautiful, Lylia, thank you!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-33170400292665446702007-04-29T20:48:00.000-04:002007-04-29T20:48:00.000-04:00This has always been a favorite of mine:Fear no mo...This has always been a favorite of mine:<BR/><BR/><BR/>Fear no more the heat o' the sun;<BR/> Nor the furious winter's rages, <BR/>Thou thy worldly task hast done,<BR/> Home art gone, and ta'en thy<BR/> wages; <BR/>Golden lads and girls all must,<BR/>As chimney sweepers come to dust.Lylia Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985212099738101005noreply@blogger.com