Friday 31 October 2008

QUOTE OF THE DAY


'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call A ROSE
BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD SMELL AS SWEET;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

Spoken by Juliet - From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1594

Meaning of 'A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD SMELL AS SWEET': What matters is what something is, not what it is called!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love this quote! Did you grow the rose? It's beautiful!

Grace

VG said...

Yes Grace, the roses are from my garden. They smell divine too!