As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
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Nature does require her time of preservation, which perforce, I her frail son amongst my brethren mortal, must give my attendance to.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Nature needs time to be preserved, and as humans, we are obliged to attend to this responsibility.
In this quote, Shakespeare emphasizes the importance of caring for nature and the environment. He acknowledges that while humans are frail and mortal, they have a duty to preserve the natural world around them, implying a responsibility that comes with existence and mortality.
Themes
NaturePreservationResponsibilityMortality
In practice
Example use cases
During an environmental awareness speech.
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