Sometimes I like to pick myself up by reading a bit of Shakespeare.
And remind myself of things to bear in mind.
I don’t claim to be perfect, far from it, but try to remember his advice.
E.g. I found comfort today by re-reading this:
On love, jealousy, trust, integrity, ambition, grief and everything in between
So sorry, as a kid i read too much Asterix. IN Dutch the troubadour is called bard, and well I still can’t read the word without seeing the poor guy being smacked with a fish, tied up in a tree or wearing his busted up instrument around his neck
Reading Shakespeare may be easier than watching, a play recently on the BBC called ‘The Hollow Crown’.
After half an hour I gave up as the Shakespearan language isn’t at all easy to follow.
Shakespeare meh, I’d rather go fishing.
Come to think of it… I’d rather poke own eyes out. :cowboy_hat_face:
I’m not a big fan of the Bard, but your thread did bring to mind
and besides
How far that little flashlight throws its beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
In the native French too, he is “Assurancetourix (all risks insurance) le barde”, bard, teacher and punchbag.
The Troubadours are from the medieval period.
I also like Sophocles better.
I like to read me a little Hamlet now and again.
What fools these mortals be!
Using odd grammar and syntax allows an economy not considered by the scribes and the pharisees.
It’s relevant to compare the words of two of the greatest writers in human history:
Thomas Jefferson, author of the greatest piece of legislation ever written:
“It is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names so artificially magnified.”
William Shakespeare:
“Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.”
OTOH,
William Shakespeare:
“’Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.”
Rudyard Kipling:
“Stick to the Devil you know.”
Brief. Effective. Eternal. Bumper stickers and chat-room .sigs gotta love that kind of efficiency.
“The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on…”