QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Antony and Cleopatra
ACT/SCENE: 3.7
SPEAKER: Cleopatra
CONTEXT:
CLEOPATRA
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
ANTONY
A good rebuke,
Which might have well becomed the best of men,
To taunt at slackness.—Canidius, we will fight
With him by sea.

DUTCH:
Niemand prijst ooit spoed zoo zeer
Als wie nalatig is.


MORE:
Celerity=Swiftness, alacrity
Admired=Wondered at
Become=Is fitting, suitable, appropriate
Compleat:
Celerity=Snelheid, spoed, haast
Become=Betaamen

Topics: negligence, proverbs and idioms, still in use

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