QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Julius Caesar ACT/SCENE: 4.3 SPEAKER: Brutus CONTEXT: BRUTUS
Under your pardon. You must note beside,
That we have tried the utmost of our friends,
Our legions are brim-full, our cause is ripe.
The enemy increaseth every day.
We, at the height, are ready to decline.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves
Or lose our ventures. DUTCH: In menschenzaken is er eb en vloed;
Bedien u van den vloed, gij hebt geluk. MORE: CITED IN US LAW:
A.F.A. Tanker Corp. v. Reinauer Transportation Company, 594 F.Supp. 598, 599, n. 1 (S.D.N.Y. 1984)(Tenney, J.);
Prevatt v. Penwalt Corporation, 192 Cal. App.3d 438, 237 Cal. Rptr. 488, 500, n. 26 (1987)(Perren, J.)(“…it became clear that the flood of settlements in which the case was now engulfed either led on to his fortune or if bypassed left him wallowing in the shallows and the miseries of trial.”).

Proverb: The tide must be taken when it comes
Proverb: And wealth with me was never yet afloate (1616)

Under your pardon=Begging your pardon, allow me (to continue)
Tried the utmost=Strained to the limit
Omitted=Missed
Bound=Confined
Ventures=Investment
Compleat:
Beg your pardon=Ik bid u om vergiffenis
Tried=Beproefd, te recht gesteld, verhoord
Omitted=Nagelaaten, overgeslagen, verzuymd
Venture=’t Gene men ter zee waagt Topics: proverbs and idioms, fate/fortune, cited in law