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

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Fortune Quotes, Gifts Quotes, Nature Quotes, Writing Quotes

The earth has music for those who listen.

The earth has music for those who listen.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without...

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without...

Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my...

Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my...

I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.

I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.

Action is eloquence.

Action is eloquence.

An overflow of good converts to bad.

An overflow of good converts to bad.

I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the...

I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the...

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

He that is proud eats up himself; pride in his glass, his trumpet, his chronicle;...

He that is proud eats up himself; pride in his glass, his trumpet, his chronicle;...

Grief makes one hour ten

Grief makes one hour ten

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

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

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to...

If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to...

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

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...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

Saintliness is also a temptation

Saintliness is also a temptation

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it