The present moment is a powerful goddess.
(Goethe: Tasso.)
Κατηγορία: Theatre
Dryden, «Men are…»
Men are but children of a larger growth.
(Dryden: All for Love.)
Bernard Shaw, «A hero…»
You cannot be a hero
without being a coward.
(Bernard Shaw: Preface to John Bull’s Other Island.)
Γκαίτε, «Ο άνθρωπος…»
Ο άνθρωπος -τούτος ο μικρός τρελλόκοσμος…
(Γκαίτε: Φάουστ.)
Shakespeare, «The dulness…»
The dulness of the fool
is the whetstone of the wits.
(Shakespeare: As You Like It.)
Diderot, «Be a hypocrite…»
Be a hypocrite, if you like,
but don’t talk like one!
(Diderot: Rameau’s Nephew.)
Molière, «Malicious men…»
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
(Molière: Tartuffe.)
Shakespeare, «Sorrow concealed…»
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp’d,
doth burn the heart to cinders where it is.
(Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus.)
John Gay, «A moment of time…»
A moment of time may make us
unhappy for ever.
(John Gay: The Beggar’s Opera.)
Terence, «The anger…»
The anger of lovers renews their love.
(Terence: The Woman of Andros.)