Strong reasons make strong actions.
Author: William Shakespeare
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I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.
Author: Sophocles
Work: Antigone
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Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good
That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
Author: Sophocles
Work: Ajax
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The good befriend themselves.
Author: Sophocles
Work: Oedipus at Colonus
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I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at.
Author: William Shakespeare
Work: Othello", Act 1 scene 1
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The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
Author: William Shakespeare
Work: The Merchant of Venice, Act 1 scene 3
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The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day
Is crept into the bosom of the sea.
Author: William Shakespeare
Work: King Henry VI Part II", Act 4 scene 1
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If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work.
Author: William Shakespeare
Work: King Henry IV Part I", Act 1 scene 2
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Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul,
But I do love thee! and when I love thee not,
Chaos is come again.
Author: William Shakespeare
Work: Othello", Act 3 scene 3
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.
Author: William Shakespeare
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Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.
Author: William Shakespeare
Work: Measure for Measure", Act 1 scene 4
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When griping grief the heart doth wound,
and doleful dumps the mind opresses,
then music, with her silver sound,
with speedy help doth lend redress.
Author: William Shakespeare
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Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
Author: William Shakespeare
Work: The Tempest", Act 2 scene 2
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Hereafter, in a better world than this,
I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.
Author: William Shakespeare
Work: As You Like It", Act 1 scene 2
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The end excuses any evil.
Author: Sophocles
Work: Electra (c.409 BC)
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One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance withthe dictates of reason.
Author: Oscar Wilde
Work: The Critic as Artist, part 2, 1891
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Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.
Author: William Shakespeare
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An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.
Author: William Shakespeare
Work: King Richard III", Act 4 scene 3
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Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.
Author: William Shakespeare
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O, woe is me,
To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!
Author: William Shakespeare
Work: Hamlet", Act 3 scene 1
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