“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” William Shakespeare
“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.” William Shakespeare FoolWise
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.” William Shakespeare PlayTime
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” William Shakespeare
“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” William Shakespeare LifeOldPlayWalking
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” William Shakespeare DestinyWisdomHoldStar
“As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.” William Shakespeare FireLoveWordsSoonSeekKindleSnowQuench
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones” William Shakespeare EvilGoodLifeWisdomLiveInter
“If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?” William Shakespeare Laugh
“Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.” William Shakespeare LoveAbsenceDeadlyBanishmentSelf
“And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” William Shakespeare GoodLifeTree
“A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.” William Shakespeare NaturePartyPeaceLoserConquestSubdue
“Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.” William Shakespeare LifeOld
“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.” William Shakespeare CurseGodHeavenIgnoranceKnowledge
“But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.” William Shakespeare
“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.” William Shakespeare CryFatherLaughGivingWisdomSonGive
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.” William Shakespeare CowardsDeathKnowledgeTimeWarWisdomValiant
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.” William Shakespeare Life
“And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.” William Shakespeare Time
