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Shakespeare was ahead of his time and his words still ring true today...

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CarolAnnLloyd@shakeuphistoryJan 23
I'll just leave this right here. #Shakespeareforthewin
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@SketchesbyBozeJan 21
In Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, Isabella says, “It is excellent to have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.” This sad old world, and the people who run it, have not gotten hold of Shakespeare’s wisdom yet.
"Isabella & Angelo" by Stephen Reid (1909)

ALT "Isabella & Angelo" by Stephen Reid (1909)

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‘O blessed bond of board and bed!’ AYLI V.iv.
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‘I might not this believe Without the sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes.’ Hamlet I.i.
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‘It is a kind of history.’ TS Pro.ii.
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‘Mad call I it; for, to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad?’ Hamlet II.ii.
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‘A villain's not a welcome guest.’ Timon III.6.
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‘Leave your crisp channels and on this green land Answer your summons.’ Tempest IV.i.
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‘Wine, wine, wine! What service is here!’ Coriolanus IV.v.
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‘I essentially am not in madness, But mad in craft.’ Hamlet III.iv.
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@Mercedes549414 Dec 2025
Australia : An unarmed civilian pounced and disarmed one of the terrorists & saved many lives. This man is a hero! 👏🏻 #bondibeach #Australia
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Just fucking stop it. Act I.i.
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‘Foul devil, for God's sake, hence, and trouble us not; For thou hast made the happy earth thy hell.’ R3 I.ii.
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‘Let your reason serve To make the truth appear where it seems hid, And hide the false seems true.’ MM V.i.
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‘I warrant you, coach after coach, letter after letter, gift after gift; smelling so sweetly, all musk…’ MWW II.ii.
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‘Well, was it fit for a servant to use his master so…’ TS I.ii.
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‘Thou hast served me with much faith. What's else to say? Be jolly, lords.’ AC II.vii.
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‘Peace, ho! I bar confusion; 'Tis I must make conclusion Of these most strange events.’ AYLI V.iv.
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‘She dreams of him that has forgot her love, You dote on her that cares not for your love.’ TC IV.iv.
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‘Not a soul But felt a fever of the mad and play'd Some tricks of desperation.’ Tempest I.ii.
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@17thCenturyLady7 Sep 2024
I love glamour and all that, but a bit of whimsy and fun is good, too. Behold: my Shakespeare socks! – at East Midlands, England
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