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
True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy.
Interpretation
Dreams often stem from imagination and idleness, reflecting our fantasies rather than reality.
In this quote, Shakespeare expresses a skepticism about dreams, suggesting that they arise from a mind that has wandered too far into idle thoughts. He emphasizes that dreams are mere products of imagination without tangible foundation, pointing out the distinction between aspiration and fantasy.
In practice
In a motivational speech about harnessing creativity and addressing the difference between realistic goals and mere fantasies.
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.
One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.
Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.
If a man devotes himself to the instructions of his own unconscious, it can bestow this gift [of renewal], so that suddenly life, which has been stale and dull, turns into a rich unending inner adventure, full of creative possibilities
Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence.
Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding.
It might not be perfect, but the fundamental stance I adopted with regard to my home was to accept it, problems and all, because it was something I myself had chosen. If it had problems, these were almost certainly problems that had originated within me.
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