If you cannot understand my argument, and declare ``It's Greek to me'', you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in anger; if your wish is farther to the thought; if your lost property has vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you have ever refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on your lord and master), laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold comfort or too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days or lived in a fool's paradise -why, be that as it may, the more fool you , for it is a foregone conclusion that you are (as good luck would have it) quoting Shakespeare; if you think it is early days and clear out bag and baggage, if you think it is high time and that that is the long and short of it, if you believe that the game is up and that truth will out even if it involves your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom because you suspect foul play, if you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or reason, then - to give the devil his due - if the truth were known (for surely you have a tongue in your head) you are quoting Shakespeare; even if you bid me good riddance and send me packing, if you wish I was dead as a door-nail, if you think I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain, bloody-minded or a blinking idiot, then - by Jove! O Lord! Tut tut! For goodness' sake! What the dickens! But me no buts! - it is all one to me, for you are quoting Shakespeare. It is Bernard Levin
I remember reading this compilation about 25 years ago, pinned to a bookshelf in a bookshop in Sydney - so I feel that whoever wrote the compilation deserves credit.
Wonderful video that you have made sir; only one frail complain I bear in my mind, that there should be a list of dramas from where these quotes are taken. Thank you.
Had to make a quick check to see whether "What the Dickens" referred to something other than Charles Dickens, who would of course have been born long after Shakespeare's death. Dickens turns out to have been used to refer to the Devil. Phew!
What's not made clear here is that Shakespeare, whoever he was, coined all these phrases, and many more, and used them for the very first time. That's the interesting thing. He invented all these phrases.
If you think about it, the idea that a popular playwright would coin a vast number of words and phrases in his plays is counter-intuitive: why would he want characters who were supposed to be real people uttering words or phrases no one had ever heard before? As a playwright, Shakespeare’s job was to create believable characters and connect with audiences, not to make up words. It would be strange to give a character words and phrases unfamiliar to the audience unless it were part of the plot. Instead, Shakespeare’s genius lay in deploying language that sounded natural. Much of his art lay precisely in his ability to employ the speech patterns of real people to create believable characters. So why invent unfamiliar words and phrases? A more obvious strategy for creating natural-sounding dialogue that the audience could understand would be to employ the best of the pithy, poetic proverbial speech that anyone might say, and that everyone could understand. Not surprisingly, this appears to be what Shakespeare actually did. In other words, while a creation myth may tell us that Shakespeare creates and we merely copy, we might want to rethink that idea. We hear ourselves in the language of the Bard not so much because we quote him, as because he so often quoted us-or rather, our intellectual ancestors: speakers of traditional folklore and everyday English.
+AscTuber My guess is both. I'm sure he did create some words and phrases, but it's also quite possible that some of them were everyday phrases back in Shakespeare's day. Either way, Shakespeare writing them in his plays led to them sticking around and becoming part of the everyday language for generations.
+bboybombjack Maybe he was. How do we know when phrases and words became popular/were first used? We read through printed text. The first instances of these phrases being used was in Shakespeares plays, so he gets the credit. He may have made them up, he may have plagiarised his peers/culture. He still gets the credit.
possibly - there's no proof he came ups with the phrases but what we are pretty sure of is that he was the first one to save the phrases in writing form.
To sum it up every other sentence you have to pay Shakespeare for copywriter because you used his words oop ....... DID I JUST HERE YOU QUOTING SHAKESPERE????
@minkv3 no specific accent required for enjoying literature. Figures like Shakespeare are universal and enjoyed by all. So, do yourself a favor and adjust your attitude. Here's the world's smallest violin, playing just for thee. 💔
Forsooth and yay my 'gob be smacked', 'tis true and verily I say unto you good people, Master Shakespeare doth provide an awesome amount of the fair language, do he not?? ... ;)
No doubt Dickens read shakespeare. Shakespeare was an inspiration to Charles Dickens. Here's a line from "A christmas carol" This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate. If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night
Well which came first William shakespere was born (1564) before the king james version was published (1611). Edit. It actually appears in an earlier version of the wycliffe Bible (1382)
"I am the one who knocks" - Vince Gilligan. No, wait, that was Walter White. (Authors and characters are different literary entities. Quoting an author for what a character said is incorrect.)
People seem to forget that Shakespeare was likely Italian. As a sociologist I find it interesting to see the British clammer around him and try to appropriate him as their own. Just another imperialist injustice I suppose. James r/sociology
As a carpenter, I often get halfway into building furniture before realising I've sawn the wrong length of wood because of the units provided in the blueprints. Just another Imperialist measurement I suppose. Gabriel r/wastingyourtimeandmine
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If you cannot understand my argument, and declare ``It's Greek to me'', you are quoting
Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting
Shakespeare; if you recall your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you
act more in sorrow than in anger; if your wish is farther to the thought; if
your lost property has vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare; if
you have ever refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed jealousy,
if you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, a tower of
strength, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, made a
virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on
ceremony, danced attendance (on your lord and master), laughed yourself into
stitches, had short shrift, cold comfort or too much of a good thing, if you
have seen better days or lived in a fool's paradise -why, be that as it may,
the more fool you , for it is a foregone conclusion that you are (as good luck
would have it) quoting Shakespeare; if you think it is early days and clear out
bag and baggage, if you think it is high time and that that is the long and short
of it, if you believe that the game is up and that truth will out even if it involves
your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom because you suspect
foul play, if you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or
reason, then - to give the devil his due - if the truth were known (for surely you
have a tongue in your head) you are quoting Shakespeare; even if you bid me good
riddance and send me packing, if you wish I was dead as a door-nail, if you think
I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the devil incarnate, a stony-hearted villain,
bloody-minded or a blinking idiot, then - by Jove! O Lord! Tut tut! For goodness'
sake! What the dickens! But me no buts! - it is all one to me, for you are quoting
Shakespeare.
It is Bernard Levin
....
bro was just bored
If I say "I'm quoting Shakespeare", am I quoting Shakespeare?
yes shakespeare is shakespeares
No
Doth mother know you weareth her drapes? T. Stark
As an Englishman, I probably use about 35% to 40% of those quotes in everyday life, the rest is passé.
I'm an Englishman too but I avoid clichés like the plague.
+mikelheron20
But, I bet you've used a few of these words or phrases in the video without knowing the origin. I'll admit I have.
+trancehi I was joking.
Then not bad, considering the passage of 400 years or so...
@@mikelheron20 haha... I admit it went over my head at first.
I remember reading this compilation about 25 years ago, pinned to a bookshelf in a bookshop in Sydney - so I feel that whoever wrote the compilation deserves credit.
Bernard Levin
wow, that Shakespeare probably had copyright for every word and sentence in the world
#unsubshakespearebros
Same
Is this just another Shakespeare quote?
Copyright only lasts Life + 70 years lol.
@@paulhill2366 so that means no one's ever used those words/phrases until 70 years past his death-
if you say the word "The" you're quoting Shakespeare because he once said that in one of his plays!
I don't think the word "the" is in any of Shakespeare's plays because back then they said "thy"
Wonderful video that you have made sir; only one frail complain I bear in my mind, that there should be a list of dramas from where these quotes are taken. Thank you.
Who is here for homework cos I am 😂😂
Yep
yep
Even Icelandic teachers?
Me
Me too
I'm beginning to think Shakespeare was a time traveller from the future that ended up in the past to give us these quotes
Had to make a quick check to see whether "What the Dickens" referred to something other than Charles Dickens, who would of course have been born long after Shakespeare's death. Dickens turns out to have been used to refer to the Devil. Phew!
apophisdd Me too!
if your name is Jessica you are an homage to Shakespeare
Also if your name is Miranda.
Yeah but it isn't.
The name Imogene was actually invented by Shakespeare, and is completely to his credit
What's not made clear here is that Shakespeare, whoever he was, coined all these phrases, and many more, and used them for the very first time. That's the interesting thing. He invented all these phrases.
You forgot pound of flesh but I loved this video anyway!!
My drama teacher told me to watch this
Same
Same lol
sameeeee
same
Same
Why can't there be more things like this on TH-cam?
Idk
Idk
Idk
@@jay_mem I posted this comment 5 years ago and I don’t even know why this video sucks, it’s dorky as hell
Bad ass. :D Never knew I was quoting him so much.
Daaayyuuummm! -Shakespeare
The fact he missed out a few is neither here nor there, but in a nutshell, there is method to his madness.
If you think about it, the idea that a popular playwright would coin a vast number of words and phrases in his plays is counter-intuitive: why would he want characters who were supposed to be real people uttering words or phrases no one had ever heard before? As a playwright, Shakespeare’s job was to create believable characters and connect with audiences, not to make up words. It would be strange to give a character words and phrases unfamiliar to the audience unless it were part of the plot. Instead, Shakespeare’s genius lay in deploying language that sounded natural. Much of his art lay precisely in his ability to employ the speech patterns of real people to create believable characters.
So why invent unfamiliar words and phrases? A more obvious strategy for creating natural-sounding dialogue that the audience could understand would be to employ the best of the pithy, poetic proverbial speech that anyone might say, and that everyone could understand. Not surprisingly, this appears to be what Shakespeare actually did.
In other words, while a creation myth may tell us that Shakespeare creates and we merely copy, we might want to rethink that idea. We hear ourselves in the language of the Bard not so much because we quote him, as because he so often quoted us-or rather, our intellectual ancestors: speakers of traditional folklore and everyday English.
What the sam hell are "salad days"?!?
Are those like the days i feel fat and have to eat gross healthy food?
You forgot one of his lesser known quotes. "fool me once, shame on you...... ya fool me you cant get fooled again"
+Dogman I may not know a hawk from a handsaw, but you are quoting Shakespeare.
😂😂😂
this is true immortality. hats off to you Shakespeare, and to many more centuries of legacy.
We are learning this in my school
Am I quoting Shakespeare or did he commonly use everyday phrases? Maybe a bit of both?
+AscTuber My guess is both. I'm sure he did create some words and phrases, but it's also quite possible that some of them were everyday phrases back in Shakespeare's day. Either way, Shakespeare writing them in his plays led to them sticking around and becoming part of the everyday language for generations.
if he's the first one to write the phrases down and record them, then I guess we're technically quoting him.
I hope they credited Bernard Levin, who wrote this.
New game, take a drink every time someone quotes Shakespeare.
It appears But me no Buts was from the 1709 play the Busy Bodies by Susanna Centlivre. (Unless anyone can actually find it in a Shakespeare work?)
I love this video!!! Shakespeare for the win!!
but maybe shakespere was just using phrases common at the time...
+bboybombjack Maybe he was. How do we know when phrases and words became popular/were first used? We read through printed text. The first instances of these phrases being used was in Shakespeares plays, so he gets the credit. He may have made them up, he may have plagiarised his peers/culture. He still gets the credit.
possibly - there's no proof he came ups with the phrases but what we are pretty sure of is that he was the first one to save the phrases in writing form.
Thou mayst run from Shakespeare, but thou canst ne'er hide ere long.
"I'd like to quote the great William Shakespeare, but to tell you the truth I don't actually think he said it."
- General Donald Doyle
Who knew? Shakespeare. That's who.
Could someone please tell me what the name of the background music is? Thanks a lot!
I'm not sure if this is still relevant to you 3 years later, but oh well lol, here's your answer:
The song is called Courtly Minuet by Paul Mottram
Ben Rhodes well it certainly helped me out!
Well I feel smarter
Am I? Well what's done is done.
I need to download this
Some of these popular phrases were actually written by John Florio! 😀
I think it was Bernard Levin who compiled this
And what do we do.
Sorry I don't have the right accent to be allowed to say any of them Shakespeare or not
Haha same
Espetacular!!
COME BACK CHRISTOPHER GAZE PLEASE 😢
Wait - so is "Be that as it may" also Shakespeare?
Even I do !
I'm in a pickle
I love that quote
Pretty sure Rob Brydon is my British Dad.
To sum it up every other sentence you have to pay Shakespeare for copywriter because you used his words oop
....... DID I JUST HERE YOU QUOTING SHAKESPERE????
my english teacher told me to woth this
@minkv3 no specific accent required for enjoying literature. Figures like Shakespeare are universal and enjoyed by all. So, do yourself a favor and adjust your attitude. Here's the world's smallest violin, playing just for thee. 💔
bro was bored
wow, this helped out a lot........ SIKEEEEEE
Tomy Kurian I need help
@@Flrere ...
I’m Monet lol
hi i’m kate
SHAKESPEARE IS INTEGRAL TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!
Forsooth and yay my 'gob be smacked', 'tis true and verily I say unto you good people, Master Shakespeare doth provide an awesome amount of the fair language, do he not?? ... ;)
who is here for class work cuz i am lol
IT WAS SATISFING
Shakespeare wrote English.
x to doubt
What the dickens is Shakespeare? That is a surprise.
Im only here because of my ELA 11 teacher
ive never qouted shakespeare, im unique lmao
I wonder how much of these quote's are actualy traceable to shakespeare?
In his plays, mostly, but maybe in the poems and sonnets, that is where one will find these quotes!
They were written, not actually spoken!
Repost
just no
what the dickens is shakespeare? wow. thought it was dickens
No doubt Dickens read shakespeare. Shakespeare was an inspiration to Charles Dickens.
Here's a line from "A christmas carol"
This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate. If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night
Rather pointless leaving out where such quotes originate from. Without such this video just amounts to showing off and has little educational value.
THIS BASICALLY SAID BLA BLA BLA BLAHHHHHHHH
yes Sir, If you speak English, you are quoting Shakespeare ! (Y)
"What light through yonder poser breaks?"
haha
This was inspirational to me. I love Shakespeare and all of his quotes. Shakespeare is my daddy ;). 10/10 would quote again,but too many quotes - IGN
Pretty sure "teeth set on edge" comes from the KJV.
"cast the same in the teeth" is what you're thinking.
+Achilles, no, see Jeremiah 31:29-30 KJV, it's def "teeth set on edge"
oh yeah.
Well which came first William shakespere was born (1564) before the king james version was published (1611).
Edit. It actually appears in an earlier version of the wycliffe Bible (1382)
Nice to see the Telegraph isn't composed entirely of xenophobic old shit.
Shushhhh
"...." * "...." * "...." * "...." * "...." * "...." * omfg, also how do you know it was Shakespeare, not his made?
When you're seducing a girl, you may be quoting Charlie Sheen.
Quoting a character ≠ quoting the author.
+jagrblood the character's dialogue was written by the author, so same shit in my opinion.
"I am the one who knocks" - Vince Gilligan. No, wait, that was Walter White. (Authors and characters are different literary entities. Quoting an author for what a character said is incorrect.)
+jagrblood "I am an idiot" - jagrblood
+jagrblood The very definition of pedantism.
People like you are fucking annoying
People seem to forget that Shakespeare was likely Italian. As a sociologist I find it interesting to see the British clammer around him and try to appropriate him as their own. Just another imperialist injustice I suppose.
James
r/sociology
As a carpenter, I often get halfway into building furniture before realising I've sawn the wrong length of wood because of the units provided in the blueprints.
Just another Imperialist measurement I suppose.
Gabriel
r/wastingyourtimeandmine
You’re not making sense.
Boring
Quit yappin lil bro