The Writings on the Wall
Sunday, August 10, 2008
On Beings
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Shakespeare - All the world's a stage (from As You Like It 2/7) -
posted by Zee Puppette at 3:21 PM
4 Comments:
hahaa... I used to know a part of this quote by heart (I was a shakespearean-quotes geek at some point, now i'm just a quotes geek... i'm a geek in general!)
good choice, matches your umm... theme!
I always knew the first coupla verses by heart and i remembered it when i was changing the other blog ;) n ur definitely a quotes geek, since ur almost the only one who ever comes to this blog! lol =)
LOOL
yeah I guess!!
anyhoo.. it's kinda hard to leave comments here... you're only allowing blogger users to comment.. so maybe there are more quotes-geeks out there bas msh 3arfeen yebano :D
hmm... or maybe not.. it's just me I guess and I want to be able to use a different identity :D :D :D (so yes, i'm a geek and i'm super smart... way to keep my secret identity a secret.. in case someone I actually know bumps into THIS blog :D :D )
looool
DUDE..two words...
demaghek bayza! =P
and only for you, just IN CASE there is "someone", who also happens to be a geek and super smart wants to comment using a non-blogger identity =P
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