This Beauty May Burn
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene vi
Tag: Tragedies
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July 4
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July 2
Hold Fast
Let it be virtuous to be obstinate.
–Coriolanus,
Act V, Scene iii -
June 28
Love Her
She is a woman, therefore may be wooed:
She is a woman, therefore may be won:
She is [herself], therefore must be loved.–Titus Andronicus,
Act II, Scene i -
June 25
Riding the Waves
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune…
On such a full sea are we now afloat;
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.— Julius Caesar,
Act IV, Scene iii -
June 23
Callow
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene ii -
June 21
Time Will Tell
So our virtues
Lie in the interpretation of the time.–Coriolanus,
Act IV, Scene vii -
June 7
Take a Chance
What pleasure find we in life, to lock it
From action and adventure?–Cymbeline,
Act IV, Scene iv