He that is proud eats up himself; pride in his glass, his trumpet, his chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Praise Quotes, Pride Quotes

I am Misanthropos, and hate mankind

I am Misanthropos, and hate mankind

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

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

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

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain

Men's vows are women's traitors!

Men's vows are women's traitors!

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past,...

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past,...

I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

So dear I love him that with him, All deaths I could endure. Without him,...

So dear I love him that with him, All deaths I could endure. Without him,...

Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, could ever hear by tale or...

Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, could ever hear by tale or...

For my part, it was Greek to me.

For my part, it was Greek to me.

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...

That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, if with his tongue...

That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, if with his tongue...

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.

Do you not know that I am a woman? When I think, I must speak

Do you not know that I am a woman? When I think, I must speak

'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know...

'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know...

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark...

This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark...

I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you...

I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you...