 | William Shakespeare - 2011 - 340 sidor
...virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, 35 Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had diem not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor nature never lends The smallest scruple... | |
 | John Albert Murley, Sean D. Sutton - 2006 - 280 sidor
...purpose. He sermonizes, "Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, / Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues / Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike / As if we had them not" (I. i. 34-35). Ditto, we might say, our vices. If they are not known, if we are not held accountable... | |
 | Sukanta Chaudhuri - 1981 - 284 sidor
...stern. (II. ii. 65-6) By contrast, moral rectitude appears to imply a sterile self-centredness: . . . if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (I. i. 34-6) Angelo's rigour obviously implies a shocking lack of charity; in fact, this seems to be... | |
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Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. 
