DCL ---The Bard !!! ALL Shakespearians enter
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CreamyLady
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Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd,
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
Raze out the written troubles from the brain
And with some sweet, oblivious antidote
Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff
That weighs upon the heart?
As boys themselves in games foreswear,
So the boy Love is perjur'd everywhere.
Give me the daggers.
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
Raze out the written troubles from the brain
And with some sweet, oblivious antidote
Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff
That weighs upon the heart?
As boys themselves in games foreswear,
So the boy Love is perjur'd everywhere.
Give me the daggers.
CreamyLady
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Lord, what fools these mortals be!
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If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? --The Merchant of Venice, III:1
CreamyLady
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No, 'tis slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath
Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie
All corners of the world.
Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath
Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie
All corners of the world.
CreamyLady
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The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
'T is mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway,
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's,
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That in the course of justice none of us
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
'T is mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway,
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's,
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That in the course of justice none of us
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
CreamyLady
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(last one, I promise, and this is for Flagg)
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,--
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,--
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
BrainyBeauty
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Siren, by any other name is still as sweet!
Goodness- this is just as difficult as choosing a favorite musical! Gonna have to just go for it and list several one liners
We are such stuff/ As dreams are made on, and our little life/ Is rounded with a sleep
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear/ Of him that hears it, never in the tongue/ Of him that makes it.
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
Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
Do as adversaries in law, strive mightily, But eat and drink as friends.
Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment
My salad days,/ When I was green in judgement
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:/ Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
This above all: to thine own self be true.
Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious,/ Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.
Why this is very midsummer madness
Goodness- this is just as difficult as choosing a favorite musical! Gonna have to just go for it and list several one liners
We are such stuff/ As dreams are made on, and our little life/ Is rounded with a sleep
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear/ Of him that hears it, never in the tongue/ Of him that makes it.
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
Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
Do as adversaries in law, strive mightily, But eat and drink as friends.
Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment
My salad days,/ When I was green in judgement
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:/ Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
This above all: to thine own self be true.
Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious,/ Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.
Why this is very midsummer madness
Orlanth
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We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed
In England and in Ireland, not confessing
Their cruel parricide, filling their hears
With strange invention: but of that to-morrow,
When therewithal we shall have cause of state
Craving us jointly. Hie you to horse: adieu,
Till you return at night. Goes Fleance with you?
In England and in Ireland, not confessing
Their cruel parricide, filling their hears
With strange invention: but of that to-morrow,
When therewithal we shall have cause of state
Craving us jointly. Hie you to horse: adieu,
Till you return at night. Goes Fleance with you?
Sparky Kronkite
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I'm sorry - but fuck me......
Other than the "concept of the dude" and a few great fucking quotes - the works, his works - performed like I guess they are supposed to be performed - leave me totally fucking bored.
Snooze City. I don't fucking care. Old shit for old people. Ain't in my time - ain't relavent to me.
And, who really counts here? Me.
Sorry, I respect it, in it's relavence - but nothing more.
Like Elton John in the future - an Uber Has Been .
Other than the "concept of the dude" and a few great fucking quotes - the works, his works - performed like I guess they are supposed to be performed - leave me totally fucking bored.
Snooze City. I don't fucking care. Old shit for old people. Ain't in my time - ain't relavent to me.
And, who really counts here? Me.
Sorry, I respect it, in it's relavence - but nothing more.
Like Elton John in the future - an Uber Has Been .
Dixon Carter Lee
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LOL You're pressing that point a bit too hard I think, Sparks. The Bard is performed often specifically because he is relevant to our times. After all, if you want to catch the conscience of the King, the play's the thing.
Madame Pandora
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Willy Shakes in one line.
Hands down, the one that makes me melt...
"Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd."
Give me strength.
MP
Hands down, the one that makes me melt...
"Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd."
Give me strength.
MP
Oliver Clozoff
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True hope is swift, and
flies with sparrow's wings;
Kings it makes Gods,
and meaner creatures kings.
flies with sparrow's wings;
Kings it makes Gods,
and meaner creatures kings.
Orlanth
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Have you considered if my speeches? Know
That it was he in the times past which held you
So under fortune, which you thought had been
Our innocent self: this I made good to you
In our last conference; passed in probation with you,
How you were borne in hand...........ahhhhhhhhh sorry can't finish the quote, I just got bad news, and to upset to continue the quote, sorry.
That it was he in the times past which held you
So under fortune, which you thought had been
Our innocent self: this I made good to you
In our last conference; passed in probation with you,
How you were borne in hand...........ahhhhhhhhh sorry can't finish the quote, I just got bad news, and to upset to continue the quote, sorry.
DevilMayCare
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[Edited by DevilMayCare on 04-14-2001 at 06:49 PM]
