Cold Curses
Well could I curse away a winter’s night.
Though standing naked on a mountain top,
Where biting cold would never let grass grow,
And think it but a minute spent in sport.
-Henry VI Part 2,
Act III, Scene ii
Category: Dark & Bitter
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December 21
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December 18
Corrupted Currents
May one be pardoned and retain th’ offense?
In the corrupted currents of this world,
Offense’s gilded hand may shove by justice,
And oft ’tis seen the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law.–Hamlet,
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December 14
Suspect Fawning
For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
The thing which is flatter’d, but a spark,
To which that blast gives heat and stronger glowing;… He flatters you, makes war upon your life.
–Pericles,
Act I, Scene ii -
December 10
Ridiculous
O omnipotent Love!
How near the god drew to the complexion of a goose!–The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act V, Scene v -
December 4
The Company You Keep
Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
–Comedy of Errors,
Act IV, Scene iii -
November 25
Reverse Legacy
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.—Julius Caesar,
Act III, Scene ii -
November 23
Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold
If heaven have any grievous plague in store
Exceeding those that I can wish upon thee,
O, let them keep it till thy sins be ripe,
And then hurl down their indignation.—Richard III,
Act I, Scene iii
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