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
Nor shall this peace sleep with her; but as when The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix, Her ashes new-create another heir As great in admiration as herself.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the cyclical nature of life and how greatness can be reborn after death.
In this quote, Shakespeare uses the metaphor of the phoenix, a mythical bird that is reborn from its ashes, to convey the idea that even after the loss of a great figure, their legacy and influence continue to inspire new greatness in subsequent generations. The reference to peace not sleeping implies that the impact of this greatness remains eternally active, ensuring that admiration and reverence persist over time.
In practice
During a memorial service to honor a beloved leader's impact on the community.
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.
I'm never gonna die, never heard of death, energy can never be destroyed only the flesh, so when you try to murder me with bullets to the head this is why you can't kill me niggaz, I'm already dead.
A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.
If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look like horses.
To rest the case for equal treatment of national or racial minorities on the assumption that they do not differ from other men is implicitly to admit that factual inequality would justify unequal treatment, and the proof that some differences do, in fact, exist would not be long in forthcoming. It is of the essence of the demand for equality before the law that people should be treated alike in spite of the fact that they are different.
Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.
Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.
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