THE USE OF TALENTS. THYSELF and thy belongings Are not thy own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor nature never lends Measure for Measure, i. 1, 30. That man, how dearly ever parted, How much in having, or without or in, Cannot make boast to have that which he hath, Nor feels not what he owes [owns], but by reflection; As when his virtues shining upon others Heat them and they retort that heat again To the first giver. . . . No man is the lord of anything, hough in and of him there be much consisting, Till he communicate his parts to others; Nor doth he of himself know them for aught Where they're extended; who, like an arch, reverberates Fronting the sun, receives and renders back Troilus and Cressida, iii. 3, 96. King Lear. Prithee, go in thyself; seek thine own ease: On things would hurt me more.. (The fool goes in.) ... King Lear, iii. 4, 23. |