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  1. A quotation from Shakespeare

    ALEXANDER: They say he is a very man per se
       And stands alone.
    CRESSIDA: So do all men unless they are drunk, sick,
          or have no legs.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 19ff (1.2.19-22) (1602)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #troilusandcressida #humancondition #machismo #manliness #masculinity #standalone

  2. A quotation from Shakespeare

    ALEXANDER: They say he is a very man per se
       And stands alone.
    CRESSIDA: So do all men unless they are drunk, sick,
          or have no legs.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 19ff (1.2.19-22) (1602)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #troilusandcressida #humancondition #machismo #manliness #masculinity #standalone

  3. A quotation from Shakespeare

    ALEXANDER: They say he is a very man per se
       And stands alone.
    CRESSIDA: So do all men unless they are drunk, sick,
          or have no legs.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 19ff (1.2.19-22) (1602)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #troilusandcressida #humancondition #machismo #manliness #masculinity #standalone

  4. A quotation from Shakespeare

    ALEXANDER: They say he is a very man per se
       And stands alone.
    CRESSIDA: So do all men unless they are drunk, sick,
          or have no legs.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 19ff (1.2.19-22) (1602)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #troilusandcressida #humancondition #machismo #manliness #masculinity #standalone

  5. "All that glitters is not gold" is an #aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th–13th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by #WilliamShakespeare, "All that #glisters is not gold" and, firstly, from the proverbs written by #JohnFlorio on his #SecondFruits (1591).
    youtube.com/watch?v=F_Ff7R-h5g4

  6. "All that glitters is not gold" is an #aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th–13th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by #WilliamShakespeare, "All that #glisters is not gold" and, firstly, from the proverbs written by #JohnFlorio on his #SecondFruits (1591).
    youtube.com/watch?v=F_Ff7R-h5g4

  7. "All that glitters is not gold" is an #aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th–13th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by #WilliamShakespeare, "All that #glisters is not gold" and, firstly, from the proverbs written by #JohnFlorio on his #SecondFruits (1591).
    youtube.com/watch?v=F_Ff7R-h5g4

  8. "All that glitters is not gold" is an #aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th–13th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by #WilliamShakespeare, "All that #glisters is not gold" and, firstly, from the proverbs written by #JohnFlorio on his #SecondFruits (1591).
    youtube.com/watch?v=F_Ff7R-h5g4

  9. "All that glitters is not gold" is an #aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th–13th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by #WilliamShakespeare, "All that #glisters is not gold" and, firstly, from the proverbs written by #JohnFlorio on his #SecondFruits (1591).
    youtube.com/watch?v=F_Ff7R-h5g4

  10. A quotation from William Shakespeare

    RICHARD: Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead;
       And I would have it suddenly performed.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Richard III, Act 4, sc. 2, l. 20ff (4.2.20-21) (1592)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #williamshakespeare #willshakespeare #richardiii #princesinthetower #assassination #killing #murder

  11. A quotation from William Shakespeare

    RICHARD: Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead;
       And I would have it suddenly performed.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Richard III, Act 4, sc. 2, l. 20ff (4.2.20-21) (1592)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #williamshakespeare #willshakespeare #richardiii #princesinthetower #assassination #killing #murder

  12. A quotation from William Shakespeare

    RICHARD: Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead;
       And I would have it suddenly performed.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Richard III, Act 4, sc. 2, l. 20ff (4.2.20-21) (1592)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #williamshakespeare #willshakespeare #richardiii #princesinthetower #assassination #killing #murder

  13. A quotation from William Shakespeare

    RICHARD: Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead;
       And I would have it suddenly performed.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Richard III, Act 4, sc. 2, l. 20ff (4.2.20-21) (1592)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #williamshakespeare #willshakespeare #richardiii #princesinthetower #assassination #killing #murder

  14. Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare


    Author: William Shakespeare
    Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
    Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
    Summary/Review:

    Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page.  They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him.  Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise.  And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.

    This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2.  I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff.  I mean,  I know he’s  rogue, but he’s not even a funny one.  And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best.  The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.

    It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.

    Rating: **1/2

     

    I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order.  Here’s my progress thus far:

    1. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
    2. The Taming of the Shrew
    3. Henry VI, Part 1
    4. Henry VI, Part 2
    5. Henry VI, Part 3
    6. Titus Andronicus
    7. Richard III
    8. The Comedy of Errors
    9. Love’s Labours’ Lost
    10. Richard II
    11. Romeo and Juliet
    12. A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
    13. The Life and Death of King John
    14. The Merchant of Venice
    15. The History of Henry IV, Part 1
    #BookReviews #Books #Classics #Comedy #Drama #EnglishLiterature #WilliamShakespeare
  15. Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare


    Author: William Shakespeare
    Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
    Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
    Summary/Review:

    Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page.  They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him.  Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise.  And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.

    This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2.  I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff.  I mean,  I know he’s  rogue, but he’s not even a funny one.  And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best.  The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.

    It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.

    Rating: **1/2

     

    I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order.  Here’s my progress thus far:

    1. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
    2. The Taming of the Shrew
    3. Henry VI, Part 1
    4. Henry VI, Part 2
    5. Henry VI, Part 3
    6. Titus Andronicus
    7. Richard III
    8. The Comedy of Errors
    9. Love’s Labours’ Lost
    10. Richard II
    11. Romeo and Juliet
    12. A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
    13. The Life and Death of King John
    14. The Merchant of Venice
    15. The History of Henry IV, Part 1
    #BookReviews #Books #Classics #Comedy #Drama #EnglishLiterature #WilliamShakespeare
  16. Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare


    Author: William Shakespeare
    Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
    Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
    Summary/Review:

    Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page.  They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him.  Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise.  And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.

    This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2.  I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff.  I mean,  I know he’s  rogue, but he’s not even a funny one.  And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best.  The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.

    It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.

    Rating: **1/2

     

    I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order.  Here’s my progress thus far:

    1. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
    2. The Taming of the Shrew
    3. Henry VI, Part 1
    4. Henry VI, Part 2
    5. Henry VI, Part 3
    6. Titus Andronicus
    7. Richard III
    8. The Comedy of Errors
    9. Love’s Labours’ Lost
    10. Richard II
    11. Romeo and Juliet
    12. A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
    13. The Life and Death of King John
    14. The Merchant of Venice
    15. The History of Henry IV, Part 1
    #BookReviews #Books #Classics #Comedy #Drama #EnglishLiterature #WilliamShakespeare
  17. Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare


    Author: William Shakespeare
    Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
    Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
    Summary/Review:

    Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page.  They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him.  Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise.  And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.

    This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2.  I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff.  I mean,  I know he’s  rogue, but he’s not even a funny one.  And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best.  The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.

    It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.

    Rating: **1/2

     

    I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order.  Here’s my progress thus far:

    1. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
    2. The Taming of the Shrew
    3. Henry VI, Part 1
    4. Henry VI, Part 2
    5. Henry VI, Part 3
    6. Titus Andronicus
    7. Richard III
    8. The Comedy of Errors
    9. Love’s Labours’ Lost
    10. Richard II
    11. Romeo and Juliet
    12. A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
    13. The Life and Death of King John
    14. The Merchant of Venice
    15. The History of Henry IV, Part 1
    #BookReviews #Books #Classics #Comedy #Drama #EnglishLiterature #WilliamShakespeare
  18. Book Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare


    Author: William Shakespeare
    Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor
    Publication Info: New York : Washington Square Press, 2004. [written circa 1597]
    Summary/Review:

    Sir John Falstaff is back, this time thrust into the center of madcap comedy and romance. Seeking money as always, he sends identical notes attempting to woo married women, Alice Ford and Margaret Page.  They catch on to his Falstaff’s plan and conspire to go along with meeting him in order to play trick on him.  Unaware of the plotting, Frank Ford becomes exceedingly jealous of his wife and goes about in disguise.  And while all of this happening, three men court the Page’s daughter Anne but she only desires one of them, a gentleman named Fenton.

    This is one of three plays featuring Falstaff, but scholars are uncertain whether this play was written before or after Henry IV, part 2.  I haven’t read that one yet, but of the two I’ve read, I can’t say that I particularly like Falstaff.  I mean,  I know he’s  rogue, but he’s not even a funny one.  And the comic hijinks of this play don’t feel up to Shakespeare’s best.  The legend is that he wrote it quickly on the request of Queen Elizabeth to create a play about Falstaff in love, and it feels like a rush job.

    It’s still better than The Two Gentlemen of Verona, but otherwise it doesn’t rank highly in the Bard’s oeuvre for me.

    Rating: **1/2

     

    I’m reading every Shakespeare play, one per month, in chronological order.  Here’s my progress thus far:

    1. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
    2. The Taming of the Shrew
    3. Henry VI, Part 1
    4. Henry VI, Part 2
    5. Henry VI, Part 3
    6. Titus Andronicus
    7. Richard III
    8. The Comedy of Errors
    9. Love’s Labours’ Lost
    10. Richard II
    11. Romeo and Juliet
    12. A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream
    13. The Life and Death of King John
    14. The Merchant of Venice
    15. The History of Henry IV, Part 1
    #BookReviews #Books #Classics #Comedy #Drama #EnglishLiterature #WilliamShakespeare