So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Vice Quotes

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the...

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the...

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his...

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his...

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.

How easy it is for the proper-false in woman's waxen hearts to set their forms!

How easy it is for the proper-false in woman's waxen hearts to set their forms!

And makes me poor indeed.

And makes me poor indeed.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear

Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love.

Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love.

I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.

I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.

The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn

The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn

Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor,...

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor,...

Once you lose your reputation, you don't mind it.

Once you lose your reputation, you don't mind it.

The reputation is not essentially built by earning too much, learning too many things, achieving...

The reputation is not essentially built by earning too much, learning too many things, achieving...