Sampling Some Shakespeare

Even if you don't care for all of Shakespeare's works (I don't), you've got to admit, his style and prose are sometimes nothing short of brilliant...

But screw your courage to the sticking place,
And we'll not fail. ~ Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1

Et tu, Brute! ~ Julius Caeser, Act 3, Scene 1

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. ~ Henry IV, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1

Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war. ~ Julius Caeser, Act 3, Scene 1

Once more to the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close up the wall with our English dead! ~ Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1

Neither borrower, nor lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend. ~ Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3

This was the most unkindest cut of all. ~ Julius Caeser, Act 3, Scene 2

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. ~ Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3

There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough-hew them as we will. ~ Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2

I thought upon one pair of English legs
Did march three Frenchmen. ~ Henry V, Act 3, Scene 6

King Henry V (played by Kenneth Brannagh) delivers the St. Crispin's Day Speech (read it here)...



Note: this video excerpt is taking from Brannagh's film Henry V (1989), based on Shakespeare's play. Highly recommended. (The soundtrack for this movie is one of our family's favorites. Search for it on iTunes to hear some samples...)

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Persevero,

Scribe