(104 quotes found)
“Listen to many, speak to a few.”
William Shakespeare
“This above all; to thine own self be true.”
“He that is thy friend indeed,He will help thee in thy need:If thou sorrow, he will weep;If thou wake, he cannot sleep:Thus of every grief in heartHe with thee does bear a part.These are certain signs to knowFaithful friend from flattering foe.”
“It would positively be a relief to me to dig him [Shakespeare] up and throw stones at him.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.”
Mark Twain
“Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you? - What? - Is there not sad stuff? What? - What?”
George III
“The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think.”
Colin Firth
“Our myriad-minded Shakespeare.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”
“I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me”
Walter Raleigh Sr.
