Today’s Totally Random
Lines
Ventidius
I’ll humbly signify what in his name,
That magical word of war, we have
effected;
How, with his banners and his well-paid
ranks,
The ne’er-yet-beaten horse of Parthia
We have jaded out o’the field.
Where
is he now?
Ventidius
He purposeth to Athen: whither, with what
haste
The weight we must convey with’s will
permit,
We shall appear before him.—On, there;
pass along!
Antony and Cleopatra
Act III, Scene i,
Line 34
Well there’s a bit of Shakespeare for you. The actual line that I picked was Silius’s Where is he now?, but I couldn’t bring myself to give you just that. The he that both of these guys are referencing is Antony.
Ventidius is one of Antony’s generals and he’s just won an important battle. But he’s decided to downplay the victory because he doesn’t want to upstage the Big Guy. Smart fellow this Ventidius. But downplay or not, they’ve gotta hustle off to Athens to let the boss know that Parthia’s been beaten.
I picked a line from this same scene nine years ago and at that time had more to say about this topic. Here’s the link if you’d like to read more about this idea of not outshining the guy in charge.
You can cut the theatrics Mojo; you know darn well that you outshine me every time you show up in the room.
For crying out loud, you're doing it right now!
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