 element,' but the word is over-worn. \Exit. Vio. This fellow is wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at...  The Works of Shakespeare - Page 133by William Shakespeare - 1752Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 726 pages
...are out of my welkin : I might say element, but the word is overworn. [Exil. Vio. This fellow's wise must observe their mood on whom he jests. The quality of persons, and the time. And, like the haggiird,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...friend's face, Is the smile of the bright, bright flowers ! FOLLY — FOOLS. 1. This fellow 's wise enough to play the fool ; And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit. SHAKSPEARE. 2. He who digs hills because they do aspire, Throws down one mountain, to cast up a higher.... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...friend's face, Is the smile of the bright, bright flowers ! FOLLY — FOOLS. 1. This fellow 's wise enough to play the fool ; And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit. SHAKSPEARE. 2. He who digs hills because they do aspire, Throws down one mountain, to cast up a higher.... | |
 | Muriel Clara Bradbrook - English drama - 1979 - 204 pages
...servant. As Viola recognizes, this asks sensitive responses to mood and company: This fellow's wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The qualities of persons and the times, And like the haggard... | |
 | Camille Wells Slights - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 316 pages
...occasion to him, he is gagg'd' (lv86-8). Viola praises it on the same grounds: This fellow is wise enough to play the fool, And to do that well craves a kind of wit. He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time; And like the haggard,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1993 - 220 pages
...are out of my welkin -1 might say 'element', but the word is overworn. Exit VIOLA This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit. questo significa che non m'importa di niente, vorrei che questo vi rendesse invisibile. VIOLA Non sei... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1994 - 692 pages
...out of my welkin — I might say 'element', but the -word is overworn. Exit VIOLA This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit. 60 He must observe their mood on whom he jests, 45 By my troth in faith 48 these (coins) 49 use interest... | |
 | Daniel Horowitz - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 406 pages
...this country boy, qualities that would later stand him in good stead as a writer: "This fellow is wise enough to play the fool. And to do that well craves a kind of wit."41 Starting Out In the Thirties Penn State, 1932-1936 Vance Packard's experiences as an undergraduate... | |
 | Cynthia Lewis - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 268 pages
...of foolish wisdom and wise folly, as Viola notes after having sparred with him: This fellow is wise enough to play the fool, And to do that well craves a kind of wit. He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time; And like the haggard,... | |
 | Peter Quennell, Hamish Johnson - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 246 pages
...Orsino's melancholy and Olivia's obsessive mourning. Olivia characterizes him: This fellow is wise enough to play the fool. And to do that well, craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time : And like the haggard,... | |
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