...to get out of his tent and take action, Ulysses used the argument that the past is soon forgotten: Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein...for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes. These scraps are good deeds past, which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon as done....

...he saw them' (v.91). Achilles observes the neglect cast on him by the Greek generals : ' they pass'd by me / As misers do by beggars - neither gave to.../ Good word nor look. What, are my deeds forgot?' (3.3.142-4). While Shakespeare might have found such images in other sources the cynical tone of the...

...complacency of assured fame, consigned to the waste basket of forgetfulness the patriot's cry for help. "Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein...for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes. Thosa scraps are good deeds past which are devonr'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done."...

...guiding our conduct - as the only means, indeed, of postponing the eventual corrosive decline: •£ 0> Time hath, my Lord, a wallet at his back Wherein he...ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devoured As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done. Perseverance, dear my Lord, Keeps honour...

...complacency of assured fame, consigned to the wastebasket of forgetfulness the patriot's cry for help. " Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein...which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done." In this controversy, my sympathies are with the prisoner. Paine did more to free...

...the ears of a drowsy man." " Duller than a great thaw. Dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage." "Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein...ingratitudes — Those scraps are good deeds past ; which are devoured As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done ; perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor...