O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain! My tables — meet it is I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least I’m sure it may be so in Denmark. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Do not, as some ungracious pastors do…”
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Till now you have gone on and fill’d the time with all licentious measure…”
Till now you have gone on and fill’d the time With all licentious measure, making your wills The scope of justice; till now myself and such As slept with our traversed arms, and breathed Our sufferance vainly: now the time is flush, When crouching marrow in the bearer strong Cries of itself, “No more.” William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “But tell me true, for I must ever doubt…”
But tell me true — For I must ever doubt, though ne’er so sure — Is not thy kindness subtle, covetous, If not a usuring kindness, and, as rich men deal gifts, Expecting in return twenty for one? William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “What an alteration of honour has desperate want made…”
What an alteration of honour Has desperate want made! What viler thing upon the earth than friends Who can bring noblest minds to basest ends! How rarely does it meet with this time’s guise, When man was wish’d to love his enemies! William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Lewis Carroll Quote – “It’s no use going back to yesterday…”
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Cast away your opinion and you are saved…”
Cast away your opinion and you are saved. Who hinders you from casting it away? Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “When you have been compelled by circumstances…”
When you have been compelled by circumstances to be disturbed in any manner, quickly return to yourself, and do not continue out of tune longer than the compulsion lasts. You will have increasing control over your own harmony by continually returning to it. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Today I have escaped from all trouble…”
Today I have escaped from all trouble, or rather, I have cast out all trouble, for it was not outside me, but within, and in my opinions. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “There is no one who hinders you…”
There is no one who hinders you from always doing and saying the things which are according to the nature of which you are a part. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
