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With these delightful quote games springing up everywhere, how about one for the most quoted writer of all time....The BARD?

I'm assuming it is probably acceptable to award Sherlock points for this, and I'm also assuming the game can follow the same rules as the other quote games.

As the Moderator of this Forum, I declare that the person guessing must give the name of the Play and the name of the Character who speaks the line. For Example

Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright

Answer
"Romeo and Juliet"--Romeo. (And for a brownie point, you can tell whom the line is spoken to--> in this case, a Servingman, whom he has asked to identify the lovely girl he sees across the room....Juliet, of course.)

Behold the first contest quote:

I am a man more sinned against than sinning.

I KNOW that quote...

EDIT: turns out I didn't - I thought Prospero. I was wrong, but now know the answer (but since posting it would give a point to 'google', I won't)

It is spoken by Lear, in "King Lear", but I'm not sure to whom. Perhaps Cordelia? (too lazy to dig out my Pelican Complete to look it up)



Try this one:

"What a piece of work is man!"


/my mom used that one on my dad whenever he annoyed her.

Correct! Lear says it to Kent, defending his behavior by putting the blame on others. (His fatal flaw--refusing to accept personal responsibility)


One Sherlock for Laurie.

I'll let someone else have a go at What a piece of work is man....For a while.

Though I can't help but extend the quote, one of my favorites!

What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!

Heh, easy one. That's Hamlet, from, uh, 'Hamlet'.

Edge wrote:Heh, easy one. That's Hamlet, from, uh, 'Hamlet'.

Laurie will have to give you the sherlock. Don't forget to post a new quote from Shakespeare!

A Sherlock for the Edge of the Universe!

I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it

Heh, couldn't resist that one!

Hmmm. Sounds like something Falstaff would say....

I'll give the rest of the troops a chance since I already got one.


/me thinks Edge chose this with more than one purpose in mind

I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it

I think that's from "As You Like It".

Brad wrote:

I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it

I think that's from "As You Like It".

Yes, but you also have to report who said it....(I finally remembered this one last night. I'm much more for the tragedies than the comedies. It must be my dark and depressive personality. )

I know the quote, but not who said it ... and I refuse to google.

Half a point then ?

I think that's fair...

Brad wrote:I know the quote, but not who said it ... and I refuse to google.

Half a point then ?

Wanna borrow my Complete Works of William Shakespeare?

http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/

Or here is a very nice site.

Edge has to give you your point--or half point, since he posted the quote.

Done - your go, Brad.

^bump^?

<bump> indeed--Brad always likes to answer the quote...and then ends the game by not posting a new quote... We'll have to wait till next week, unfortunately, unless he sneaks in on the weekend....