“O, then we bring forth weeds
When our quick minds lie still, and our ills told us
Is as our earing.”
I know I have mentioned
this quote in my review of Antony and Cleopatra's first act, but I
love to look closer to it and specifically write what I think about
this sentence.
Antony likens an idle
mind to an uncultivated land. A land uncultivated is a fertile medium
for weeds to grow, and weed is not useful at all for food or market.
Therefore Antony compare his faults with weeds, that grow much when
he is idling in Egypt with Cleopatra.
I'd like to point out
that as a fertile land cannot be fully unused, the human mind cannot
be fully unemployed. You cannot ask someone NOT to think. It's human
nature to do so. But it will be useful to look at what lies in our
mind and what comes out of it. Is it weed, or is it grain? It's
better to use our brains for something beneficial rather than just
let it become idle and grow 'weed', both in mind and deed, right?
Antony also says that
when our mistakes is shown to us, its like an 'earing'. It means that
like weeds in a land can be removed by ploughing it, we can remove
our faults easier when somebody points them out to us. The problem
is, how do we respond when somebody gives us advice?
Antony is a great
example. He says it clearly that he accepts correction, critics and
advice from people, even from his subordinate. He realises that such
correction will bring him much benefit. Not all advice is good, but
at least listening to it, we can see some of the things lacking in
us, and we can do something to make ourselves better.
That's my quote for
this weekend. What about yours?
- Give the context of the quote
- Give your opinion whether you agree or disagree with it
- Share your experience related to the quote
- Share similar quotes you remember
- Or anything else. Just have fun with the quote.
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