Friday, October 17, 2025

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

                                               

‘Tis all engaged, some forfeited and gone;

And what remains will hardly stop the mouth

Of present dues: the future comes apace:

What shall defend the interim? And at length

How goes our reckoning?

 

Flavius

Timon of Athens    Act II, Scene ii, Line 150

                                   

Timon’s right hand man, Flavius, is letting Timon know that he, Timon, has some serious money problems.

Let all my land be sold, says Timon.

Today’s Lines is Flavius’s answer to that. Apparently it’s all been mortgaged or sold already, and what hasn’t been mortgaged or sold is not enough to stop the mouth. I think he means enough to buy us food to eat.

Oh Timon! This guy is living in a dreamworld. He should have been listening to Flavius long ago. It’s a bit late now. Dreamers like Timon really need to listen to their Flaviuses.


Sort of like how you need to listen to Mrs. Blagys, because she takes care of everything and allows you to be a dreamer. Is it like that?

 Yeah, something like that, Mojo.

 Mrs. Blagys said it's exactly like that.

 Okay. Sure.

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