A few days ago
Anonymous

do you believe the quote if music be the sound of love play on…?

if single reply!!!! lol

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A few days ago
suisse shoggi

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“If music be the food of love, play on;

Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,

The appetite may sicken, and so die.”

–From Twelfth Night (I, i,1-3)

Absolutely!!!

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A few days ago
Anonymous
One of my favorite passages, ever since I read the play in middle school. I wonder if you’ve understood what it means in context. It’s actually talking about how difficult and strange love is. The character is quite unsure about whether or not he prefers to be in love. So your question is a little hard to understand, because there’s not one particular belief. It’s more musing, and rapidly changing his mind.

Here’s the whole speech how Shakespeare wrote it:

“If music be the food of love, play on.

Give me excess of it that, surfeiting,

The appetite may sicken, and so die.

That strain again, it had a dying fall.

Oh, it came o’er my ear like the sweet sound,

That breathes upon a bank of violets,

Stealing and giving odor. Enough, no more.

‘Tis not so sweet now as it was before.

O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou,

That, notwithstanding thy capacity

Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,

Of what validity and pitch soe’er,

But falls into abatement and low price

Even in a minute. So full of shapes is fancy

That it alone is high fantastical.”

And here it is “translated” into modern English:

“If it’s true that music makes people more in love, keep playing. Give me too much of it, so I’ll get sick of it and stop loving. Play that part again! It sounded sad. Oh, it sounded like a sweet breeze blowing gently over a bank of violets, taking their scent with it. That’s enough. Stop. It doesn’t sound as sweet as it did before. Oh, love is so restless! It makes you want everything, but it makes you sick of things a minute later, no matter how good they are. Love is so vivid and fantastical that nothing compares to it.”

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A few days ago
deliciasyvariedades
totally yes
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