 | William Shakespeare - 2011 - 340 Seiten
...proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, 35 Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues...not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had diem not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor nature never lends The smallest scruple... | |
 | John Albert Murley, Sean D. Sutton - 2006 - 280 Seiten
...bushel, the Duke exhorts Angelo to recognize that he is morally well endowed to a purpose. He sermonizes, "Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, / Not...forth of us, 'twere all alike / As if we had them not" (I. i. 34-35). Ditto, we might say, our vices. If they are not known, if we are not held accountable... | |
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Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple... 
