I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Courtesy Quotes

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day,...

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day,...

In the corrupted currents of this word offence's gilded hand may solve by justice, and...

In the corrupted currents of this word offence's gilded hand may solve by justice, and...

Who can be patient in extremes?

Who can be patient in extremes?

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere,...

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere,...

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

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:...

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

The earth has music for those who listen.

The earth has music for those who listen.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

The sun itself sees not till heaven clears.

The sun itself sees not till heaven clears.

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

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

Ingratitude is monstrous

Ingratitude is monstrous

'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...

Nothing can come of nothing.

Nothing can come of nothing.

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty, in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all nought,...

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty, in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all nought,...

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself....

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself....

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and...

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and...