And thereby hangs a tale

Shakespeare na mídia de hoje

20. And thereby hangs a tale

Tradução: E isso não é o fim da história.

Significado: E você não imagina o que há por trás disso.

Fonte: As You Like It, Ato II, cena 7

Jaques: 'It is ten o'clock:

Thus we may see, quoth he, 'how the world wags:

'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine,

And after one hour more 'twill be eleven;

And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe,

And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot;

And thereby hangs a tale.'

Jacques: São dez horas:

Dessa forma podemos ver, disse ele, 'como o mundo caminha:

Um hora atrás eram nove,

E daqui a uma hora 'serão onze;

E assim, hora após hora, nós vamos amadurecendo,

E daí, de hora em hora, nós vamos nos deteriorando;

E quanta coisa vai acontecendo.

Exemplo moderno: Thereby hangs a tale - An old, unjust ritual smears India's image

It is an advantage to people to take off their shackles even if they do not choose to walk, said John Stuart Mill. It is also an advantage to countries to shed outdated and inhuman laws even if their courts no longer have the stomach to enforce those. Indian law evolved from a colonial period, when British rulers enacted legislations to serve the interests of the Empire. Hence it has several statutes, such as those on sedition and obscenity, that are clearly passé. None, however, is more obsolete than the death penalty, euphemistically called capital punishment. (The Telegraph, 2 March 2017.)