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
Tag: Pericles
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Suspect Fawning
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Smoke to Fire
Smoke to Fire
One sin, I know, another doth provoke;
Murder’s as near to lust as flame to smoke.–Pericles,
Act I Scene i -
Greed
Greed
The great ones eat up the
little ones: I can compare our rich misers to
nothing so fitly as to a whale; a’ plays and
tumbles, driving the poor fry before him, and at
last devours them all at a mouthful: such whales
have I heard on o’ the land, who never leave gaping
till they’ve swallowed the whole parish, church,
steeple, bells, and all.––Pericles,
Act II, Scene 1 -
October 7
Fingers Crossed
‘Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.
-Pericles,
Act I, Scene ii -
Close the Book
Close the Book
Few love to hear the sins they love to act…
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He’s more secure to keep it shut than shown.-Pericles,
Act I, Scene i -
August 10
Danger Zone
Murder’s as near to lust as flame to smoke.
–Pericles,
Act I, Scene i -
Facade
Facade
Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
-Pericles,
Act I, Scene iv