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Aristus

(72,523 posts) Sat May 5, 2012, 02:03 PM May 2012

Saturday, May 5th. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.

"What should a fool do with
So good a woman?"

Othello, Act V, Scene 2, Lines 234-235.

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Saturday, May 5th. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day. (Original Post) Aristus May 2012 OP

could the idiot have dissapointed MORE people? Kali May 2012 #1

Never has someone flown so high in my estimation, Aristus May 2012 #2

Very good, my dear Aristus... CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #3

A man may smile, and smile, and be a villain. Bombero1956 May 2012 #4

Well done. Aristus May 2012 #5

Kali

(56,898 posts)

1. could the idiot have dissapointed MORE people?

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 04:33 PM

May 2012

so much potential in him, so much grace from her

Aristus

(72,523 posts)

2. Never has someone flown so high in my estimation,

Reply to Kali (Reply #1)

Sat May 5, 2012, 04:37 PM

May 2012

only to fall so low. I thought John Edwards was too good to be true; a good-looking, charismatic, wealthy, up-from-poverty staunch progressive and devoted family man. Turns out, he was too good to be true. What a rotter he turned out to be.

My heart still aches when I think of poor Elizabeth...

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,985 posts)

3. Very good, my dear Aristus...

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 04:48 PM

May 2012

I too was horribly disappointed in him. I mean, I understand lust, but throwing your whole life, and your wife away over it......crazy.

Bombero1956

(3,539 posts)

4. A man may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 11:12 PM

May 2012

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

All's Well that Ends Well, Act 3 scene 5

Aristus

(72,523 posts)

5. Well done.

Reply to Bombero1956 (Reply #4)

Sun May 6, 2012, 07:12 PM

May 2012

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