Semi Official: My Favorite Quote Thread
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain.
William Shakespeare
Action is eloquence.
William Shakespeare
And since you know you cannot see yourself,
so well as by reflection, I, your glass,
will modestly discover to yourself,
that of yourself which you yet know not of.
William Shakespeare
And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
William Shakespeare
Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
William Shakespeare
Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
William Shakespeare
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind,
As man's ingratitude.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Winter]
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
William Shakespeare
For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Argument]
Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger
constant in spirit, not swerving with the blood,
garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment,
not working with the eye without the ear,
and but in purged judgement trusting neither?
Such and so finely bolted didst thou seem.
William Shakespeare
Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself,
Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Fame]
God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!
William Shakespeare
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.
William Shakespeare
His life was gentle; and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up,
And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!
William Shakespeare
How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Patience]
How use doth breed a habit in a man.
William Shakespeare
I am not bound to please thee with my answers.
William Shakespeare
I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound'.
William Shakespeare
I dote on his very absence.
William Shakespeare
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
William Shakespeare
I hate ingratitude more in a man
than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
or any taint of vice whose strong corruption
inhabits our frail blood.
William Shakespeare
I must be cruel only to be kind;
Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
William Shakespeare
I pray thee cease thy counsel,
Which falls into mine ears as profitless
as water in a sieve.
William Shakespeare
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires.
William Shakespeare
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
William Shakespeare
I wish you well and so I take my leave,
I Pray you know me when we meet again.
William Shakespeare
Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Gossip]
In a false quarrel there is no true valour.
William Shakespeare
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Humility]
In time we hate that which we often fear.
William Shakespeare
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain.
William Shakespeare
Action is eloquence.
William Shakespeare
And since you know you cannot see yourself,
so well as by reflection, I, your glass,
will modestly discover to yourself,
that of yourself which you yet know not of.
William Shakespeare
And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
William Shakespeare
Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
William Shakespeare
Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
William Shakespeare
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind,
As man's ingratitude.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Winter]
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
William Shakespeare
For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Argument]
Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger
constant in spirit, not swerving with the blood,
garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment,
not working with the eye without the ear,
and but in purged judgement trusting neither?
Such and so finely bolted didst thou seem.
William Shakespeare
Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself,
Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Fame]
God bless thee; and put meekness in thy mind, love, charity, obedience, and true duty!
William Shakespeare
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.
William Shakespeare
His life was gentle; and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up,
And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!
William Shakespeare
How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Patience]
How use doth breed a habit in a man.
William Shakespeare
I am not bound to please thee with my answers.
William Shakespeare
I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound'.
William Shakespeare
I dote on his very absence.
William Shakespeare
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
William Shakespeare
I hate ingratitude more in a man
than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
or any taint of vice whose strong corruption
inhabits our frail blood.
William Shakespeare
I must be cruel only to be kind;
Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
William Shakespeare
I pray thee cease thy counsel,
Which falls into mine ears as profitless
as water in a sieve.
William Shakespeare
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires.
William Shakespeare
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
William Shakespeare
I wish you well and so I take my leave,
I Pray you know me when we meet again.
William Shakespeare
Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Gossip]
In a false quarrel there is no true valour.
William Shakespeare
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
William Shakespeare
- More quotations on: [Humility]
In time we hate that which we often fear.
William Shakespeare
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Banks]
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Mark Twain
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Humility]
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Americans]
Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Books] [Health]
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean.
Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Courage]
Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Mark Twain
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
Mark Twain
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
Mark Twain
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Truth]
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Facts]
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Joy]
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Habits]
Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Honesty]
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Humor]
I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
Mark Twain
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it.
Mark Twain
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Mark Twain
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.
Mark Twain
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
Mark Twain
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Education]
I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Sleep]
I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Banks]
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Mark Twain
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Humility]
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Americans]
Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Books] [Health]
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean.
Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Courage]
Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Mark Twain
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain
Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
Mark Twain
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
Mark Twain
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Truth]
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Facts]
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Joy]
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Habits]
Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Honesty]
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Humor]
I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
Mark Twain
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying that I approved of it.
Mark Twain
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Mark Twain
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.
Mark Twain
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
Mark Twain
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Education]
I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
Mark Twain
- More quotations on: [Sleep]
I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
Mark Twain










