 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...  The Works of Shakespeare in Seven Volumes - Seite 311von William Shakespeare - 1733 - 3505 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Kenneth Muir, Stanley Wells - 1982 - 168 Seiten
...their confinements is never far to seek in the play. It is stated at the outset: 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. (1, i, 33-6) There is repeated insistence that not only must the professors of virtue 'issue'... | |
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 | Harold Bloom - 1985 - 544 Seiten
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 | Francis Herbert Bradley - 1962 - 364 Seiten
...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 We shall return to the question, What is the measure of a man's morality? The general end is self-realization,... | |
 | Anthony Brennan - 1988 - 163 Seiten
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