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" Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ; Not light them for themselves : for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not... "
The Complete Art of Poetry ... - Page 300
by Charles Gildon - 1718
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Shakespeare and the Poet's Life

Gary Schmidgall - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 256 pages
...thy belongings Are not thine 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, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. [1.1.29-35]...
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Women and Spirituality

Carol Ochs - Philosophy - 1997 - 206 pages
...thy belongings Are not thine 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, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.13 Beyond...
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Making Trifles of Terrors: Redistributing Complicities in Shakespeare

Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 532 pages
...won't stand up against the principle the Duke himself had enunciated early in the play: since "heaven doth with us as we with torches do, / Not light them for themselves" alone, it follows that "if our virtues / Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike/ As if...
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The British Idealists

David Boucher - History - 1997 - 364 pages
...belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, them 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, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits...
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Shakespearean Power and Punishment: A Volume of Essays

Gillian Murray Kendall - Drama - 1998 - 232 pages
...make the practices of heaven in this regard seem suspiciously congruent with those of nature: Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits...
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Adaptations of Shakespeare: A Critical Anthology of Plays from the ...

Daniel Fischlin, Mark Fortier - English drama - 2000 - 330 pages
...thy belongings Are not thine 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, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits...
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Romance and Reformation: The Erasmian Spirit of Shakespeare's Measure for ...

Robert B. Bennett - Drama - 2000 - 204 pages
...been extinguished, the Duke describes himself as much as Angelo in his departing admonition: Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (1.1.32-35)...
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Women and Radicalism in the Nineteenth Century: Specific controversies

Mike Sanders - Feminism - 2001 - 632 pages
...The Moral Virtues [Catherine Bariuby] from The New Moral World, 14 December 1839, pp. 948-9. "Heaven doth with us as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues Did not go forth of us 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits...
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Symplectic Geometry and Mirror Symmetry: Proceedings of the 4th KIAS Annual ...

Kodŭng Kwahagwŏn (Korea). International Conference, Kenji Fukaya - Mirror symmetry - 2001 - 940 pages
...thy belongings Are not thine 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, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. (1.1.29-35)...
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 18

Allardyce Nicoll - Drama - 2002 - 232 pages
...vertue that went out of him, he turned him about in the press and said. . .who did touch me? Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. Spirits...
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