Monday, 25 May 2026

SHAKESPEARE SAID (PART 1)

 

                                SHAKESPEARE SAID (PART 1)

1.     The sun with one eye vieweth all the world.

2.     Golden lads and girls all must as chimney-sweepers come to dust.

3.     Great cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.

4.     Britain is a world by itself.

5.     Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

6.     The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

7.     The eye sees not itself.

8.     Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud.

9.     True nobility is exempt from fear.

10.                         It is sin to flatter.

11.                          Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

12.                         Wise men never sit and wail their thoughts.

13.                         The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.

14.                         Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.

15.                         A friend should bear his friend’s infirmities.

16.                         Lord! We know what we are, bu know not what we may be.

17.                         We cannot but obey the powers above us.

18.                         Give me a heart replete with thankfulness.

19.                         To weep is to make less the depth of grief.

20.                         As swift as thought.

21.                         Unquiet meals make ill digestion.

22.                         No legacy is so rich as honesty.

23.                         Corruption wins not more than honesty.

24.                         Give me a staff of honour for mine age, but not a sceptre to control the world.

25.                         The miserable have no other medicine but only hope.

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                        To be continued tomorrow :  26 May 2026 (As Part 2).

 

Note: Shakespeare’s full name was William Shakespeare. He was both a poet and playwright. Born on 23 April 1564 at Stratford-upon-Avon , United Kingdom,  he died there on the same date in 1616.  Rightfully enough,even today he is regarded as world’s greatest dramatist.   

 

G.R.Kanwal

25 May 2026

                                   

 

 

 

 

 

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