Led Astray
Thus may poor fools
Believe false teachers.
Though those that are betray’d
Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor
Stands in worse case of woe.
–Cymbeline,
Act III, Scene iv
Category: Bitter
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February 20
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February 18
Easy Pickings
The ripest fruit first falls.
–Richard II,
Act I, Scene i -
February 11
Worst Wishes
But darkness and the gloomy shade of death
Environ you, till mischief and despair
Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves!–Henry VI Part 1,
Act V, Scene iv -
February 9
Disarray
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.–Julius Caesar,
Act II, Scene ii -
February 5
Insecure
And here remain with your uncertainty!
Let every feeble rumour shake your hearts!
Your enemies, with nodding of their plumes,
Fan you into despair!–Coriolanus,
Act I, Scene ii -
January 27
Romantic Collusion
When my love swears that she is made of truth
I do believe her, though I know she lies…Therefore I lie with her and she with me,
And in our faults by lies we flatter’d be.–Sonnet CXXXVIII (138)
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January 24
Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Is he a dove? his feathers are but borrowed,
For he’s disposed as the hateful raven:
Is he a lamb? his skin is surely lent him,
For he’s inclined as is the ravenous wolf.
Who cannot steal a shape that means deceit?–Henry VI Part 2,
Act III, Scene i
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