And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Selfishness Quotes

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.

Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it...

Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it...

Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on...

Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on...

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.

He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.

Love is like linen; often changed, the sweeter.

Love is like linen; often changed, the sweeter.

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York;...

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York;...

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

My revenue is the silly cheat

My revenue is the silly cheat

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own

Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own

I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor,...

I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor,...

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who...

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who...

All days are nights to see till I see thee, and nights bright days when...

All days are nights to see till I see thee, and nights bright days when...

Look down you gods, and on this couple drop a blessed crown.

Look down you gods, and on this couple drop a blessed crown.

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would...

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would...

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.