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G_j

(40,367 posts) Tue Jun 25, 2019, 10:23 PM Jun 2019

Tide at the flood yet?

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”

William Shakespeare

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Tide at the flood yet? (Original Post) G_j Jun 2019 OP

That guy needs to consider publishing! Karadeniz Jun 2019 #1

I thought this was about flooding on Alton Rd during king tides in Miami Beach sop Jun 2019 #2

That line would have made the fortune of any other writer... First Speaker Jun 2019 #3

Good quote. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2019 #4

Karadeniz

(22,528 posts)

1. That guy needs to consider publishing!

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 10:50 PM

Jun 2019

sop

(10,191 posts)

2. I thought this was about flooding on Alton Rd during king tides in Miami Beach

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Tue Jun 25, 2019, 11:15 PM

Jun 2019

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

3. That line would have made the fortune of any other writer...

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 11:21 PM

Jun 2019

...its vividness and spontaneity of imagery is just so stunning. Yet Mr Shakespeare did it a thousand times, apparently without thinking it any extraordinary thing. If I could have one question answered from history, it would be to know what Shakespeare thought about his work in his heart...would he have been shocked by his posthumous reputation...?

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

4. Good quote.

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2019, 11:28 PM

Jun 2019

The ride seems very high at the moment. Does Shakespeare’s momentous current approach?

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