Fact or fiction? Idealistic or realistic?
Each of this week’s questions centers on famous quotes from real life and literature.
And the pressure’s on you to answer…
Life Long or Die Hard
In Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, the following line is uttered:
“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.”
In other words, Shakespeare means to say that those who live in fear die a small death every time they back away from something that terrifies them.
Do you agree with this?
Why or why not?
That thing Thomas Jefferson said
Are all men truly created equal?
If so, are they equal despite physical and intellectual differences?
If not, name the characteristics causing them to be less than equal.
J Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the atomic bomb, once quoted:
“In battle, in forests, at the precipice of a mountain,
On the great dark sea, in the midst of javelins and arrows,
In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame,
The good deeds a man has done before defend him.”
His point was that he hoped that all the good things he’d done in his life might shield him from the darkness of his bad deeds.
Do you believe a person’s goodness can protect them in any way?
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Until next week…