[MR] Quoting Shakespeare

[Julia Windsor]

A friend just sent me this. I found it
interesting..............


If you cannot understand my argument, and declare
‘It’s Greek to me’, you are quoting Shakespeare; if
you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you
are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad
days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in
sorrow than in anger, if your wish is father to the
thought, if your lost property has vanished into thin
air, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you have ever
refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed
jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you
have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked
or in a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, made a
virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not
one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on
your lord and master), laughed yourself into stitches,
had short shrift, cold comfort or too much of a good
thing, if you have seen better days or lived in a
fool’s paradise -- why, be that as it may, the more
fool you, for it is a foregone conclusion that you are
(as good luck would have it) quoting Shakespeare; if
you think it is early days and clear out bag and
baggage, if you think it is high time and that that is
the long and short of it, if you believe that the game
is up and that truth will out even if it involves your
own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of
doom because you suspect foul play, if you have your
teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or
reason, then -- to give the devil his due -- if the
truth were known (for surely you have a tongue in your
head) you are quoting Shakespeare; even if you bid me
good riddance and send me packing, if you wish I was
dead as a doornail, if you think I am an eyesore, a
laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted
villain, bloody-minded or a blinking idiot, then -- by
Jove! O Lord! Tut, tut! For goodness’ sake! What the
Dickens! But me no buts -- it is all one to me, for
you are quoting Shakespeare.


Baroness Julia Windsor
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