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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... "
The Complete Art of Poetry ... - Page 300
by Charles Gildon - 1718
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The Shakespeare Oracle: Let the Bard Predict Your Future

Body, Mind & Spirit - 180 pages
...villain's life. Vincentio forgives his deputy and shows that, in the end, the law is not immutable: "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" (1....
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Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2011 - 340 pages
...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...
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A Place in the Story: Servants and Service in Shakespeare's Plays

Linda Anderson - Business & Economics - 2005 - 356 pages
...thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. 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. Spirits...
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Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2011 - 340 pages
...thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. 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. Spirits...
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The Problem Plays of Shakespeare: A Study of Julius Caesar, Measure for ...

Ernest Schanzer - Art - 2005 - 216 pages
...thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. 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. (1.1.29-36)...
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Shakespeare's Tragic Sequence

Kenneth Muir - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 224 pages
...thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, diey on thee. 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. Spirits...
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Hören, Glauben, Denken: Festschrift für Peter Knauer S.J. zur Vollendung ...

Gerhard Gäde - Theology, Doctrinal - 2005 - 430 pages
...neu gewonnenen Wahrheit, mit der Perspektive auf Freiheit von den Angstgestalten des Waldes? "Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, / Not light them for themselves." Das ist eine Antwort von William Shakespeare auf diese Frage (Measure for Measure, Il,32f)....
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The Spiritual Dimension: Religion, Philosophy and Human Value

John Cottingham - Philosophy - 2005 - 202 pages
...not extraneous demands on Christian theology but its life and soul. 6 IMAGES OF INTEGRATION Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves. For if our virtues Did not go forth of us, t'were all alike As if we had them not. Shakespeare,...
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Perspectives on Politics in Shakespeare

John Albert Murley, Sean D. Sutton - Drama - 2006 - 280 pages
...Duke exhorts Angelo to recognize that he is morally well endowed to a 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"...
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