Author Detail for Shakespeare (33 Quotes)

  Author Category Subject Content
1 Shakespeare Literature Integrity This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
2 Shakespeare General Action Action is eloquence.
3 Shakespeare Literature Integrity To thine ownself be true then canst thou be false to any man.
4 Shakespeare Literature Doubt Our doubts are traitors and make us loose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. Measure for Measure ActI.Sc.5
5 Shakespeare Literature Courage We must not stint our necessary actions, in the fear to cope malicious censurers. Henry VIII ACT 1 SC.2
6 Shakespeare Literature Wisdom When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. King Lear Act II Sc. 1
7 Shakespeare Literature Old Age An old man is twice a child. Hamlet Act II Sc.2
8 Shakespeare Literature Action Strong reasons make strong actions. King John Act III Sc. 4
9 Shakespeare Literature Gratitude How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
10 Shakespeare Literature Time Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
11 Shakespeare Literature Indecision I am at war twixt will and will not.
12 Shakespeare Literature Opportunity There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in misery.
13 Shakespeare Literature Law Lawless are they that maketh their wills their law.
14 Shakespeare Literature Gratitude He is well paid That is well satisfied. Merchant of Venice Act IV Sc.
15 Shakespeare Literature Dishonesty Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content,Than to be perk'd up in a glittering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Henry VIII Act II Sc. 3
16 Shakespeare Literature Speech He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
17 Shakespeare Literature Conscience I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities A still and quiet conscience.
18 Shakespeare Literature Dishonesty God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
19 Shakespeare Literature Trials Everyone can master a grief but he that has it.
20 Shakespeare Literature Death Death lies on her, like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field. Romeo and Juliet. Act 1V Sc. 5
21 Shakespeare Literature Pretense All that glitters is not gold. Merchant of Venice ActII. Sc.7
22 Shakespeare Literature Doubt Modest doubt is call'd The Beacon of the wise.
23 Shakespeare Literature Good Intentions O, cunning enemy, that, to catch a saint, With saints dost bait thy hook! Measure for Measure ActII Sc.4
24 Shakespeare Literature Persistence Violent fires soon burn out themselves; Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short. Richard II Act. II Sc. 1
25 Shakespeare Literature Good Intentions How far your eyes may pierce, I cannot tell; Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. King Lear Act I. Sc. 4
26 Shakespeare Literature Sadness You have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm, and cloudiness.
27 Shakespeare Literature Courage He lives in fame that died in virtues cause.
28 Shakespeare Literature Honesty Go to your bosom; knock there; and ask your heart what it doth know. Measure for Measure Act II Sc. 2
29 Shakespeare Literature Mistakes They say, best men are molded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad: so may my husband. Measure for Measure Act V Sc. 1
30 Shakespeare Literature Public Opinion Was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro, as tis multitude? Henry VI Act. IV sc. 8
31 Shakespeare Literature Nature THIRD FISHERMAN: Master I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. FIRST FISHERMAN: Why, as men do a-land: the great ones eat up the little ones. Pericles Act II Sc. 1
32 Shakespeare Literature Fools The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.
33 Shakespeare Literature Speech Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest.