457 Quotes About Shakespeare

In ordinary times, when a public figure is caught in a lie or simply reveals blatant ignorance of the truth, his standing is diminished. But these are not ordinary times. If a dispassionate bystander were to point out all of Cade’s grotesque distortions, mistakes, and downright lies, the crowd’s anger would light on the skeptic and not on Cade.

But Hamlet is death's ambassador while Falstaff is the embassy of life.

Never shake thy gory locks at me.

What, will these hands ne'er be clean?

Never shake thy gory locks at me

The absurdity of these campaign promises is not an impediment to their effectiveness. On the contrary: Cade keeps producing demonstrable falsehoods about his origins and making wild claims about the great things he will do, and the crowds eagerly swallow them. To be sure, his neighbors know that Cade is a congenital liar.

...although the absurdity of the demagogue’s rhetoric was blatantly obvious, the laughter it elicited did not for a minute diminish its menace. Cade and his followers will not slink away because the traditional political elite and the entirety of the educated populace regard him as a jackass.

49. szonettFelkészülök, ha egy napon netánMegkérnél, hogy vegyem a kalapom,Mert idegesít a sok rigolyám,És bosszant, hogy a fagyit harapom.Felkészülök, hogy ne haljak bele,Ha a mozgólépcsőn szembe jövetElfordulsz a hirdetések fele,És ha mégsem, abban sincs köszönet.Felkészülök. Már most felteszem,Hogy szakításunk csak az én saram.Ahogy hibáim lajstromba veszem,Helyedben én is kirúgnám magam.Nem meglepő, ha lapátra teszel,Érdemeidből semmit sem vesz el.

The things about Shakespeare is, he's so eloquent...he speaks the unspeakable. He turns grief and triumph and rapture and rage into words, into something we can understand. He renders the whole mystery of humanity comprehensible.