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).
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If there were reason for these miseries, then into limits could I bind my woes. If the winds rages, doth not the sea wax mad, threat'ning the welkin with its big-swoll'n face? And wilt though have a reason for this coil? I am the sea. Hark how her sighs doth blow. She is the weeping welkin, I the earth.
Interpretation
This quote explores the chaotic nature of existence and the human experience of suffering.
In this quote, Shakespeare reflects on the profound connection between human suffering and the chaos of nature. He uses metaphors of the sea, winds, and the earth to illustrate how external turmoil often mirrors internal distress. The speaker questions the need for reason behind suffering, suggesting that such chaos may be inherent to our existence, much like the tempestuous sea that cannot be tamed by simple explanations.
In practice
In a discussion about the nature of suffering in literature.
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.
But I know what darkness is, it accumulates, thickens, then suddenly bursts and drowns everything.
We are here to bring to consciousness the beauty and power that are around us and to praise the people who are here with us.
Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that's the case, screw everybody else. You're not a bottle of Valium.
Has God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out by chance, nor are we to ascribe what we meet with either to good or ill luck and fortune. There are many events in the world which men look upon as mere accidents, yet all these come by the counsel and appointment of Heaven.
what sphinx of cement and aluminium bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination
All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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