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

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Nature Quotes, Reading Quotes, Writing Quotes

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.

But like of each thing that in season grows.

But like of each thing that in season grows.

Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.

Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.

Lack nothing: be merry.

Lack nothing: be merry.

Done to death by slanderous tongues.

Done to death by slanderous tongues.

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age...

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age...

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven...

The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven...

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

My comfort is, that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more...

My comfort is, that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more...

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

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...

Lawn as white as driven snow

Lawn as white as driven snow

One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal.

Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal.

I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best...

I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best...

There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the...

There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the...