“ Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour. ”
William Shakespeare, Richard II (1595). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
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| Source | Richard II |
| Topic | sweetness bitterness |
| Date | 1595 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1111/pg1111-images.html |
Context
“Thy word is current with him for my death, But dead, thy kingdom cannot buy my breath. KING RICHARD. Thy son is banish'd upon good advice,
Whereto thy tongue a party-verdict gave. Why at our justice seem'st thou then to lour? GAUNT. Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.
You urg'd me as a judge; but I had rather You would have bid me argue like a father. O, had it been a stranger, not my child, To smooth his fault I should have been more mild. A partial slander sought I to avoid,” source
Whereto thy tongue a party-verdict gave. Why at our justice seem'st thou then to lour? GAUNT. Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.
You urg'd me as a judge; but I had rather You would have bid me argue like a father. O, had it been a stranger, not my child, To smooth his fault I should have been more mild. A partial slander sought I to avoid,” source
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