Retire,
we have engaged ourselves too far:
-Agrippa
Antony And Cleopatra Act IV, Scene
vii, Line 1
Yes, line one; the first line in the scene. Agrippa (one of
Caesar’s guys) is saying to his men ‘Retire’, which in this case means
‘Retreat’. This is a battle between Antony and Caesar’s forces that Antony will
win. Unfortunately for him, it is a war he will lose.
I have to say that I feel this way often. I’ll look at some
project or situation I’ve gotten myself into and I’ll say to myself (since I
have no men to say it to) ‘Retire Pete, you’ve engaged yourself too far.'
Actually, my wife is pretty good at saying this to me also. Like the time she
asked me to paint the front hall ceiling and I decided to sheetrock over the
existing ceiling first. So I took a one or two day project and turned it into a
two month project. She said ‘Retire, you’ve engaged yourself too far.’ Actually
it was more like ‘For crying out loud, why did you have to turn this into a huge, freaking project!’ But what she really meant was ‘Retire, you’ve engaged yourself too far.’
At least, I’m pretty sure that’s what she meant.
And this is what it looked like when I was done. Except, I think it looks better than this because you really can't see the taping bumps that show up in this picture. At least I don't think you can. Aw geez, I need to retire, I've engaged myself too far again.
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