A brilliant collection of Shakespearean quotations for tonight’s debates! “Hell is empty; all the devils are here.” Posted by the Folger Shakespeare Library, from Timothy McSweeney’s blog, a post by Emily Uecker…
Enjoy.
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August 6, 2015
Forgive me for waxing political, but I had to share this!
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from the Westport Community Theatre production (2007) of Rebecca Gilman's Spinning Into Butter. Judi Heath, Geoffrey Gilbert, Linda Gilmore, John Pyron. Directed by R. A. Baumgartner. Photo by Michael Stanley.
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August 6th, 2015 at 6:07 pm
Nice. đ And as pathetic as it seems, one from that cast is going to collect at least 45% of the vote.
August 8th, 2015 at 12:07 am
Ain’t THAT the truth. Ah, democracy…!
August 6th, 2015 at 6:10 pm
No better use of brain cells: Shakespeare quotes to memorize for use later. Thanks
August 6th, 2015 at 6:11 pm
funny stuff!
August 6th, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Thanks I needed a laugh
August 6th, 2015 at 6:43 pm
Not all the devils, by a long shot, surely.
“A politician is an ass upon which everything has sat except a man.”
Not Shakespeare
August 6th, 2015 at 7:19 pm
It’s only right that the Bard should weigh in here.
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August 6th, 2015 at 9:10 pm
Well, I see there is nothing left for me to say. đ
August 7th, 2015 at 10:41 am
Philip reminds me the quote I shared is from Ambrose Bierce.
I had thought it might be H.L. Mencken. Neither one was Shakespeare, of course.
August 8th, 2015 at 12:03 am
Ah well. Shakespeare probably THOUGHT it….
August 16th, 2015 at 9:05 am
nice quote
August 16th, 2015 at 10:40 pm
Indeed!
September 16th, 2015 at 6:58 am
short and sharp, full of humour. Thanks!
September 16th, 2015 at 8:46 am
I enjoyed it too!