QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Timon of Athens
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER: Timon
CONTEXT:
TIMON
Consumptions sow
In hollow bones of man; strike their sharp shins,
And mar men’s spurring. Crack the lawyer’s voice,
That he may never more false title plead,
Nor sound his quillets shrilly: hoar the flamen,
That scolds against the quality of flesh,
And not believes himself: down with the nose,
Down with it flat; take the bridge quite away
Of him that, his particular to foresee,
Smells from the general weal: make curled-pate
ruffians bald;
And let the unscarred braggarts of the war
Derive some pain from you: plague all;
That your activity may defeat and quell
The source of all erection. There’s more gold:
Do you damn others, and let this damn you,
And ditches grave you all!

DUTCH:
Zaait in der mannen holle beend’ren tering!
Maakt hun de schrale schenkels lam, en breek
Des ruiters kracht, de stem des pleitbezorgers,
Dat die geen onrecht ooit meer steun’, geen schrille
Spitsvondigheên meer krijsche.

MORE:
Consumptions=Infections
Hollow bones=Effect of syphilis
Crack the voice=Effect of syphilis
Quillet=Tricks in argument, distinctions, subtleties, ambiguities
Hoar=Whiten, effect of syphilis
Flamen=Cleric
Braggarts=Boastful
Grave=Entomb
Compleat:
Consumption=Verteering, verquisting, vertier
Hollow=Hol, uitgehold
Quillet=(The querks and quillets of the law): De kneepen en draaijen der Rechtsgeleerden
Hoariness=Beryptheid, grysheid, beschimmeldheid
Braggart, braggard or Braggadochio=Een pocher, Blaaskaak

Topics: insult, lawyers, defence, advantage/benefit