O, who can hold a fire in his hand
By thinking on the frosty Caucasus?
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
Or wallow naked in December snow
By thinking on fantastic summer's heat?
O, no! the apprehension of the good
Gives but the greater feeling to the worse.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Richard II
-- Act i, Sc. 3
By thinking on the frosty Caucasus?
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
Or wallow naked in December snow
By thinking on fantastic summer's heat?
O, no! the apprehension of the good
Gives but the greater feeling to the worse.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Richard II
-- Act i, Sc. 3
Related:
- Even at the turning o' the tide.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Henry V -- Act ii, Sc.... - In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Richard II -- Act i, Sc.... - As in a theatre, the eyes of men,
After a well-graced actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his... - A mockery king of snow.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Richard II -- Act iv, Sc.... - O, call back yesterday, bid time return!
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Richard II -- Act iii, Sc.... - The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet.
--
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Richard II ... - Truth hath a quiet breast.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Richard II -- Act i, Sc.... - O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Richard III -- Act v, Sc.... - Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Richard II -- Act ii, Sc....
