...justly receive censure for time misspent and thoughts thrown away. As grand Will Shakspeare has it,— " Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use." It is well written of the hours, on the old sun-dial at Oxford, " Pereunt et Imputantur." sw D. THE...

...for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues,...goddess, she determines Herself the glory of a creditor, 40 Both thanks and use. But I do bend my speech To one that can my part in him advertise. Hold therefore,...

...18. This theme is perhaps most articulately expressed in the opening scene of Measure for Measure: Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. (1.1.36-40) Inescapably, we are reminded of the charged significance of the parable of the talents...

...of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues;3 nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her...determines Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use.4 But I do bend my speech 40 To one that can my part in him advertise. Hold, therefore, Angelo:5...

...virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues; nor nature never lends The smallest...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. But I do bend my speech To one that can my part in him advertise: Hold therefore, Angelo. In our remove,...

...virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues; nor nature never lends The smallest...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. (1.1.32-40) "Thanks, but no thanks," might be the reply of the heroic actor cast as a mere torchbearer....

...for themselves: for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues,...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. But I do spend my speech To one that can my part in him advertise. Hold therefore, Angelo: (Removes...

...for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence,...Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. (1.1.32-40)'7 This cosmos is in a dynamic state of becoming; and in it humans are called to be productive...

...touched 36 But to fine issues, nor nature never lends 37 The smallest scruple of her excellence 38 But like a thrifty goddess she determines Herself the glory of a creditor, 40 Both thanks and use. But I do bend my speech 41 To one that can my part in him advertise. Hold therefore,...

...una diosa avara, determina Ella misma la gloria de un acreedor, A la vez la gratitud y el uso.' i. nor nature never lends / The smallest scruple of her...determines / Herself the glory of a creditor, / Both (lumks and use [Ii36-40] Vincentio, duque de Viena, se está tomando unas vacaciones de la realidad...