Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

And strange it is

That nature must compel us to lament

Our most persisted deeds.

 

Agrippa                                                               

Antony and Cleopatra                   Act V, Scene i, Line 28

 

In today’s context Agrippa is talking about the fact that they are all sad to hear that Antony has killed himself, even though he is the enemy and they are in Egypt to find Antony and defeat him. 

But, as with much of Will’s great lines, we can use this line to apply to a myriad of things in our own lives. I guess you can use this phrase to talk about bad habits; things you might do constantly even though you wish you didn’t do them. Actually, that would be a perfect use of it.

 

“I wish I weren’t such a push over. Every time someone asks me for something I say yes.”

“And strange it is that nature must compel us to lament our most persisted deeds.”

“Huh?”

 

Yeah, that would probably be the response in most cases: huh?

I don't foresee a lot of lamentation being a result of this persistent deed. Do you?