When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Words Quotes

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such...

Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such...

All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.

All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house...

Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house...

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea...

Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea...

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold

Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold

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

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

Security is the chief enemy of mortals.

Security is the chief enemy of mortals.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

In the corrupted currents of this word offence's gilded hand may solve by justice, and...

In the corrupted currents of this word offence's gilded hand may solve by justice, and...

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, have yet some smack of age in...

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, have yet some smack of age in...

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the...

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the...

Two women placed together makes cold weather.

Two women placed together makes cold weather.

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who...

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who...