I am Misanthropos, and hate mankind

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Mankind Quotes

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must...

I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must...

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

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

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

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to...

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to...

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

It would be argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest...

It would be argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest...

You have too much respect upon the world: They lose it that do buy it...

You have too much respect upon the world: They lose it that do buy it...

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping? Use them after your own...

Every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping? Use them after your own...

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have...

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have...

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

They have a plentiful lack of wit

They have a plentiful lack of wit

Farewell, fair cruelty.

Farewell, fair cruelty.

When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,And ask of thee forgiveness.

When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down,And ask of thee forgiveness.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.