“ In Peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillnesse, and humilitie ”
William Shakespeare, Henry V (1600). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
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| Source | Henry V |
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| Date | 1600 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Written around 1599 |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2253/pg2253-images.html |
Context
“Still be kind, And eech out our performance with your mind. Enter.
Enter the King, Exeter, Bedford, and Gloucester. Alarum: Scaling Ladders at Harflew.
King. Once more vnto the Breach, Deare friends, once more; Or close the Wall vp with our English dead: In Peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillnesse, and humilitie: But when the blast of Warre blowes in our eares, Then imitate the action of the Tyger: Stiffen the sinewes, commune vp the blood, Disguise faire Nature with hard-fauour'd Rage: Then lend the Eye a terrible aspect:”
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