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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSaturday, May 19th. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments..."
Sonnet 116, Lines 1-2
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Saturday, May 19th. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day. (Original Post)
Aristus
May 2012
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,525 posts)1. Oh, that's really good, my dear Aristus...
So very appropriate!
Thank you...
Aristus
(66,291 posts)2. Kick.
livetohike
(22,123 posts)3. Excellent as usual
ailsagirl
(22,885 posts)4. May I add a favorite WS quote?
"Lord, what fools these mortals be."
Aristus
(66,291 posts)5. Yeah, I like that one, too.
'Fools' in this case meaning: those who would seek to prohibit marriage rights for all...
SOteric
(22,557 posts)6. One of my personal favourites.
"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove"
*sigh* Truer words...
Aristus
(66,291 posts)7. Mine, too.
I was delighted to be able to use it in an edition of WSTFTD at last.
The Sonnets don't get used much here. I think only 3 or 4 editions have ever used lines from the Sonnets since I started WSTFTD as a daily back in 2006. I'll try to use more in the future, and from the narrative poems, as well...
SOteric!
SOteric
(22,557 posts)8. Excellent!
Backatchya!