Paris Peace Accords 23 Oct. 1991

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage" - Sok Eysan bemused in his character

I am reminded of another great quote from Macbeth that describes Cambodians who do the bidding of atrocious regimes in that they take no responsibility for their actions because they were only in character. I think this mentality affects and infects individuals in pre-modern societies more than they do modern ones:

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.


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Listen, read along to this excellent audio recording of MACBETH, a play by William Shakespeare

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