Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Honesty Quotes

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have...

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have...

It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be...

It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be...

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.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety, other women cloy.

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety, other women cloy.

The better part of valour is discretion.

The better part of valour is discretion.

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...

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.

They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much...

They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much...

There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow

There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Time is the stuff between pay days

Time is the stuff between pay days

A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than...

A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than...

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Service is no heritage.

Service is no heritage.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind, whom should we...

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind, whom should we...

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.