Here’s the third round of our quiz. Which of the following statements or quotations are from the Bible (King James Version) and which are from Shakespeare’s plays?

1. “In much wisdom is much grief.”

2. “The devil hath power to assume a pleasing shape.”

3. “Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.”

4. “You are not wood, you are not stones, but men.”

5. “Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”

6. “Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty.”

7. “It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.”

8. Dreams “are the children of an idle brain.”

9. “A woman moved is like a fountain troubled.”

10. “God’s above all; and there be souls must be saved, and there be souls must not be saved.”

Bonus: We all know you can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear, but does that comparison come from the Bible, Shakespeare, or somewhere else? Continue reading Is it from the Bible of Shakespeare (3)? →

The Chattanooga Times Free Press has an article about last night’s speaker at the C.S. Lewis Lecture. Dr. Charles Lippy addressed the subject of Christianity is a changing world. Lippy said our society has changed since C.S. Lewis made his case in Mere Christianity. For example, “the enemies” of England and the West “were referred to as ‘godless Communists.'” Now the godless are leading some of our churches.

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Here’s the second round of our quiz. I may be able to keep this up all week. Which of the following statements or quotations are from the Bible (King James Version) and which are from Shakespeare’s plays?

1. “The skies are painted with unnumbered sparks; they are all fire and every one doth shine.”

2. “The light of the body is the eye”

3. “Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.”

4. “There is no new thing under the sun.”

5. Life “is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

6. “My life I never held but as a pawn to wage against thine enemies; nor fear to lose it”

7. “And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.’”

8. “Fears and scruples shake us; in the great hand of God I stand.”

9. “We would not seek a battle as we are; nor, as we are, we say we will not shun it.”

10. “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”

Bonus: Does the saying, “the game’s afoot,” originate in the Bible, Shakespeare, or elsewhere?

Continue reading Is it from the Bible or Shakespeare? →

Space radiation could be too high a fence to vault on our way to Mars. Charles Q. Choi writes, “The magnetic field of Earth protects humanity from radiation in space that can damage or kill cells. Once beyond this shield, people become far more vulnerable.”

They’ll probably figure it out in a several years.