QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Timon of Athens
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER:
CONTEXT:
TIMON
Look thee, ’tis so! Thou singly honest man,
Here, take: the gods out of my misery
Have sent thee treasure. Go, live rich and happy;
But thus conditioned: thou shalt build from men;
Hate all, curse all, show charity to none,
But let the famished flesh slide from the bone,
Ere thou relieve the beggar; give to dogs
What thou deny’st to men; let prisons swallow ’em,
Debts wither ’em to nothing; be men like
blasted woods,
And may diseases lick up their false bloods!
And so farewell and thrive.

DUTCH:
Haat allen, vloek een elk; doe niemand wel;
Schenk aan den beed’laar niets, schoon ‘t maag’re vleesch
Hem van ‘t gebeente valle;

MORE:
Proverb: Hate all, curse all, show charity to none

Singly=Uniquely
Thus conditioned=On one condition
Build from=Take advantage of
Blasted=Withered
Lick up=Drink
Compleat:
Singly=Enkelyk
Fair conditioned=Fraai gesteld
To condition=Bespreeken, bedinge, afspreeken
To condition with one=Met iemand een verdrag maaken
I build upon your word=Ik steun op uw woord
To blast=Doen verstuiven, wegblaazen, verzengen, door ‘t weer beschaadigen
To blast one’s reputation=Iemands goeden naam bezwalken
To lick up=Oplikken
To lick up a piece of work=Een werk beschaaven

Topics: proverbs and idioms, fate/destiny, money, poverty and wealth, good and bad