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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Tired with all these, for restful death I cry.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The speaker expresses exhaustion with life and a desire for peace in death.
In this quote, the speaker reflects a deep weariness with the struggles and pains of life, indicating a longing for peace that they associate with death. It underscores themes of existential fatigue and the search for solace from life's burdens.
Themes
DeathRestFatiguePeaceExistentialism
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be shared in a discussion on the struggles of life during a philosophy class.
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