As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
William ShakespeareRead
I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a disdain for superficial agreements and ill-intent in human interactions.
In this quote, William Shakespeare critiques the idea of making superficial agreements or being wantonly agreeable with those who harbor malevolent intentions. It underscores the importance of integrity and authenticity over mere appearances, suggesting that aligning oneself with deceptive individuals leads to moral corruption and a loss of self-respect.
In practice
During a speech on honesty in business, one might say, 'As Shakespeare said, I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.'
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.
Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying!
Give it an understanding, but no tongue.
As for my own views, they've of course evolved over the years. This conception of 'renouncing beliefs' is very odd, as if we're in some kind of religious cult. I 'renounce beliefs' practically every time I think about the topics or find out what someone else is thinking.
All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless; it must be done by the Spirit.
The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends.
No man is prejudiced in favor of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its being right; and when he sees it is not so, the prejudice will be gone.
The challenge here is to design a system where market incentives, including profits and recognition, drive those principles to do more for the poor. I like to call this idea creative capitalism, an approach where governments, businesses, and nonprofits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain recognition, doing work that eases the world's inequities.
There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.
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