QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: King Henry IV Part 1 ACT/SCENE: 5.2 SPEAKER: Hotspur CONTEXT: O gentlemen, the time of life is short!
To spend that shortness basely were too long,
If life did ride upon a dial’s point,
Still ending at the arrival of an hour
An if we live, we live to tread on kings;
If die, brave death, when princes die with us.
Now, for our consciences, the arms are fair
When the intent of bearing them is just. DUTCH: De tijd van leven is kort: die korte tijd laag bij de gronds doorbrengen zou te lang zijn MORE: Dial’s point=Hand of a sun-dial
Tread on=Bring about the downfall of
Compleat:
Dial, sun-dial=Zonnewyzer. Topics: life, nature, time, hope/optimism, conscience, merit, value