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Aristus

(72,515 posts) Sat Apr 21, 2012, 12:19 PM Apr 2012

Saturday, April 21st. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.

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"Such inordinate and low desires,
Such poor, such bare, such lewd, such mean attempts,
Such barren pleasures..."

Henry IV, Part I, Act III, Scene 2, Lines 12-14.

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Saturday, April 21st. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day. (Original Post) Aristus Apr 2012 OP

Right on as usual livetohike Apr 2012 #1

Right on, my dear Aristus! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2012 #2

Perfect! Dystopian Apr 2012 #3

What a bunch of dopes! Suich Apr 2012 #4

Great one, Aristus! femmocrat Apr 2012 #5

Hi, femmocrat! Aristus Apr 2012 #6

As always, the right words, the right pictures sarge43 Apr 2012 #7

Aw, thanks, sarge. Aristus Apr 2012 #8

livetohike

(24,418 posts)

1. Right on as usual

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2012, 01:43 PM

Apr 2012

and I don't think this was a one time occurrence either .

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,968 posts)

2. Right on, my dear Aristus!

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2012, 02:12 PM

Apr 2012

Thank you!

You and Will have nailed it superbly, once again.

Dystopian

(6,437 posts)

3. Perfect!

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2012, 02:21 PM

Apr 2012

Great job!

peace~

Suich

(10,642 posts)

4. What a bunch of dopes!

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2012, 09:55 PM

Apr 2012

Thanks, Aristus!

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

5. Great one, Aristus!

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2012, 10:13 PM

Apr 2012

... such craven dumbasses....

Aristus

(72,515 posts)

6. Hi, femmocrat!

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 22, 2012, 12:44 AM

Apr 2012

I looked for the word 'dumbass' in my Shakespeare Concordance. Couldn't find it. Oh well. He has so many other wonderful insults...

sarge43

(29,173 posts)

7. As always, the right words, the right pictures

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sun Apr 22, 2012, 10:41 AM

Apr 2012

Old Bill and Aristus, what a team

Aristus

(72,515 posts)

8. Aw, thanks, sarge.

Reply to sarge43 (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 10:24 PM

Apr 2012

I stand on the shoulders of a giant...

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