William Shakespeare Quotes
Come, go with us, speak fair; you may salve so,
Not what is dangerous present, but the los
Of what is past.
Shakespeare, William. Coriolanus. Edited by R.B. Parker, Oxford University Press, 1994.
The Chancellor was referring to the United States George W. Bush proposal for war with Iraq.
Up Front was a book of cartoons with his two GI characters, Willie and Joe. The quote is from their dialogue. Up Front which won the Pulitzer Prize.
His appeal was also in the name of concurring heads of state of Finland, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Luxemburg, and Sweden.
At the beginning of his Presidency Roosevelt urged Congress to disarm. A few years later he was urging heavy expenditures for armaments and Congress was then reluctant.
Little Wolf led 300 Cheyenne off the Reservation. The soldiers followed but never could catch the Indians. Little Wolf made good the escape to Montana where he was allowed to stay. Later, he worked as a scout for the Army.
The quotation was made in the context of the Arab Israeli conflict, but the principle is general.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
