Feste Song Quotes & Sayings

Feste. Are you ready, sir?

Orsino. Ay; prithee, sing.
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Feste. Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid;
Fly away, fly away breath;
I am slain by a fair cruel maid. 950
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,
O, prepare it!
My part of death, no one so true
Did share it.
Not a flower, not a flower sweet 955
On my black coffin let there be strown;
Not a friend, not a friend greet
My poor corpse, where my bones shall be thrown:
A thousand thousand sighs to save,
Lay me, O, where 960
Sad true lover never find my grave,
To weep there!
Orsino. There's for thy pains.
Feste. No pains, sir: I take pleasure in singing, sir.

Orsino. I'll pay thy pleasure then. 965

Feste. Truly, sir, and pleasure will be paid, one time or another.

From Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene 4. — William Shakespeare

There can be no greater good than the quest for peace, and no finer purpose than the preservation of freedom. — Ronald Reagan

Looking at art is one way of listening to God. — Wendy Beckett

I could have become a mime or a juggler, but I became a singer-songwriter instead. — Vonda Shepard

Never miss the beauty and blessings of each day. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. — John Berger

I don't understand at best, I cannot speak for all the rest. But you may find a lifetime's passed you by. Every dog has its day, every day has its way Of being forgotten. — Dave Matthews

I don't really wanna know what makes you leave, or when you'll be back.
I just wanna know what will make me cry at your arrival. — Ade Santi

There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals. — Herman Melville

A practical help in keeping your personal purity unblemished in your relations with other people is to begin to see them as God does. Say to yourself, That man or that woman is perfect in Christ Jesus! That friend or that relative is perfect in Christ Jesus! — Oswald Chambers

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization. — Hyman Rickover