...i in which, replying to Lucio, he admits that his own indictment and his imprisonment come directly From too much liberty, my Lucio, liberty; As surfeit...proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die. (i. 2. 119-24) Empson's analysis of these lines pinpoints the issue: Evidently the first idea was that...

...price of serious things we have, Not knowing them until we know their grave. King— All's Well V.iii As surfeit is the father of much fast, So every scope...proper bane, A thirsty evil, and when we drink we die. Claudio — MforM I.ii In the reproof of chance Lies the true proof of men; the sea being smooth, How...

...long as men live in the earthly city, the city of self-love, as Claudio recognizes, every scope by immoderate use Turns to restraint. Our natures do...proper bane, A thirsty evil, and when we drink we die. (I.ii.131-34) Othello [12 March 1947] Between the ages of 40 and 44, Shakespeare wrote his great tragedies....

...This way of speaking becomes still more convenient in the chapters that follow. 6 ARE RATS GLUTTONS? Our natures do pursue Like rats that ravin down their...proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die. SHAKESPEARE, Measure for Measure If rats do think, it must often be about food. Like other rodents,...

...sex and is now obsessed with it, suggest that Isabella might fall too? Claudio has informed us that Liberty, As surfeit, is the father of much fast; So...every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. (1, ii, u7-20) So might not the reverse prove true for his sister, as it already has for Angelo? Could...

...and sentenced to die for unrestrained behavior, laments: Our natures do pursue, Like rats that raven down their proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink, we die. (I.ii. 120-22) In Measure for Measure, Shakespeare shows the Duke wrestling with the obligations he...

...analysts have f(xed upon, are confined to one brief speech in which he says he is restrained because of too much liberty, my Lucio, liberty: As surfeit is...proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die. Wentersdorf says of this passage that "[u]nless these lines are spoken ironically, a possible but unlikely...

...over him as the result of unrestrained sexual appetite: Our natures do pursue, Like rats that raven down their proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink, we die. (1.2.108-10) The natural desire that can be so frankly and comfortably acknowledged within the bounds...

...Enter Lucio and Second Gentleman. LUCIO Why, how now, Claudio? Whence comes this 120 restraint? CLAUDIO From too much liberty, my Lucio, liberty. As surfeit...immoderate use Turns to restraint. Our natures do pursue, 125 Like rats that raven down their proper bane, A thirsty evil, and when we drink, we die. LUCIO If...

...heaven: on whom it will, it will; On whom it will not, so; yet still 'tis just. [Claudia— 1.2.116-19] As surfeit is the father of much fast, So every scope...to restraint. Our natures do pursue, Like rats that raven down their proper bane, A thirsty evil, and when we drink, we die. [Claudio— 1.2.123-27] ....