Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Witty Quotes

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

Lawn as white as driven snow

Lawn as white as driven snow

Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal.

Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be...

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be...

When love begins to sicken and decay it uses an enforced ceremony.

When love begins to sicken and decay it uses an enforced ceremony.

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

For when we rage, advice is often seen By blunting us to make our wits...

For when we rage, advice is often seen By blunting us to make our wits...

No profit grows where there is no pleasure taken

No profit grows where there is no pleasure taken

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without...

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without...

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

He that dies pays all debts

He that dies pays all debts

For my part, it was Greek to me.

For my part, it was Greek to me.

The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.

The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.

Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty:...

Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty:...

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together

Democracy is the art of thinking independently together

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.