A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
William Shakespeare
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
William Shakespeare
Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!
William Shakespeare
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
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
William Shakespeare
An overflow of good converts to bad.
William Shakespeare
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
William Shakespeare
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
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
William Shakespeare
As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.
William Shakespeare
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
William Shakespeare
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
William Shakespeare
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
William Shakespeare
Boldness be my friend.
William Shakespeare
Brevity is the soul of wit.
William Shakespeare
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
William Shakespeare
But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
William Shakespeare
When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth. ~Albert Einstein
Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself. ~Socrates, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives
When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. ~Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. ~Martin L. Gross, A Call for Revolution, 1993
