William Shakespeare Quotes
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 1992, p. 29. (Act 1, Scene 2, line 322).
1st Earl of Oxford. See {563056} for an American political leader’s similar view.
See {640733} for an English political leader’s similar view.
This proverb is particularly relevant to the legislative process where coalitions of legislators trade off support for other issues to get support on a current issue. The problem is that someone who will support you only because you offer him something, might also abandon you if the other side offers him more.
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.
