There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Still constant is a wondrous excellence.

Still constant is a wondrous excellence.

What's gone and what's past help should be past grief

What's gone and what's past help should be past grief

When love begins to sicken and decay it uses an enforced ceremony.

When love begins to sicken and decay it uses an enforced ceremony.

Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in...

Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in...

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...

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame;...

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame;...

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...

We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards

We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

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,...

Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own

Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...