Adieu Shakespeare

More often than not I choose a quote by Shakespeare as the title for my blog. It's not because of anything else but the fact that his plays carry such a plethora of life hacks which are still relevant. But today when I started to search for a suitable title, my internet was slow. So I said to myself, ‘ why do I have to start with a quote’?

We often try to quote from men of wisdom and sometimes we do it to impress others, sometimes a quote catches our eye and sometimes just for the sake of it. But is it really necessary? Do we think that we don’t have anything original to say? If that were the case, then we would not write the rest of the text. The quote does give us a starting point though.

If is to impress our readers, how many of them will actually recognize that it is from some great author or men of wisdom? If they do, we might catch their attention. On the other hand, they might read the article more critically to see if we have done justice to the quote.

If it is to substantiate our statements with the stamp of some great man, readers might think we need authentication and discard our writing as frivolous. Some might even think that the writer suffers from an inferiority complex and so is trying to add weight to the writing.

For me, it is simple. It is to provide a catchy title. Another favourite of mine is Chanakya but often his quotations are too long to be used as a title. And do you know there are 800 quotes by The Bard that we use in day-to-day language without even knowing that we are quoting Shakespeare. Same goes for Chanakya.

I have no shame in using words of wise men. Readers, you are at liberty to think what you think about my reason for using them.

Adieu!!!