When you see this in thy journal, quote...**

Shakespeare:*

CLAUDIO

What, courage, man! What though care killed a cat,
thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care.

(Much Ado About Nothing Act V, scene i)

I read MAAN after leaving college, because it was one that I had not read in the course of my academic studies. These lines (this line?) struck me even in small print from the page, and I knew I had to see the play acted out (This was years before KB's film adaptation... unfortunately, it was also a line he cut from his version)

I offer it up, with a virtual *HUG*, to all my friends who are feeling the weight of care, right now.

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*I was going to do the Blackadder meme, except I'm not familiar enough with that series yet to quote from memory. And none of the lines I found on online archives, yesterday, struck me as particularly funny... They're far funnier in delivery than in print. So I was pleased when angevin2 posted this version, instead.

[ETA: **Yes, I know I've mixed plural and singular pronouns in a single sentance, but I'm never sure which is more proper in writing an LJ post. Is it more like standing on a soapbox in the park, and proclaiming? Or is it a sort of missive sent to one person, sitting at her or his desk, in private?

Really, it's sort of both, isn't it?]