ClockQuotes

Posted on May 17, 2008 by | 5 Comments

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
– William Shakespeare

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5 responses to “ClockQuotes”

  1. Keri Hulme's avatar Keri Hulme | May 17, 2008 at 7:48 am |

    This is part of one of the many set pieces from Shakespeare we were required to learn by heart at high school in the 1960s in New Zealand…didnt find that difficult, and recovered from schooling to love Wm. S again but-
    this itched when I first learned it. ‘Cowards die many times before their deaths’ *because* cowards have empathy, sympathy, and imagination? “The valiant only
    (a variant reading)
    ‘taste of death but once” – because they are testosterone-driven sword-whacking fools?
    Hmm.
    Shakespeare’s irony is known-

  2. Keri Hulme's avatar Keri Hulme | May 17, 2008 at 7:50 am |

    This is part of one of the many set pieces from Shakespeare we were required to learn by heart at high school in the 1960s in New Zealand…didnt find that difficult, and recovered from schooling to love Wm. S again but-
    this itched when I first learned it. ‘Cowards die many times before their deaths’ *because* cowards have empathy, sympathy, and imagination? “The valiant only
    (a variant reading)
    ‘taste of death but once” – because they are testosterone-driven sword-whacking fools?
    Hmm.
    Shakespeare’s irony is known-

  3. Keri Hulme's avatar Keri Hulme | May 17, 2008 at 8:25 am |

    O woe! New iMac meese double-click so easily: my apologies for a double posting-

  4. WeBMSTR's avatar WeBMSTR | May 17, 2008 at 8:46 am |

    my apologies for a double posting.Realy Cool.I LOve Shakespeare 😀
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  5. Alan Kellogg's avatar Alan Kellogg | May 17, 2008 at 10:46 pm |

    “A thousand deaths is not cowardice, it is only repetition.”