Love's Labour's Lost Cunning and Cleverness Quotes Page 2
Citations follow this format: (Act.Scene.Line)
| Quote #4 ARMADO: Now, by the salt wave of the Mediterraneum, a sweet touch, a quick venue of wit- snip, snap, quick and home. It rejoiceth my intellect. True wit! (5.1.24) |
Like the lords and ladies, Armado loves to watch a battle of wits. In this case, Moth has gotten the better of Holofernes.
| Quote #5 BOYET: But to speak that in words which his eye hath disclos'd; |
Boyet is an expert in two things: love and eloquence. In articulating the King's love for the Princess, he puts them together.
| Quote #6 NATHANIEL: Your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange without heresy. (5.1.2) |
In his exaggerated praise for Holofernes, Nathaniel is a parody of a student who blindly admires his teacher's book learning.
