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Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare
Love, Inspirational, Life
William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.226

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Evil, Hell
William Shakespeare, Virginia Mason Vaughan, Alden T. Vaughan (1999). “The Tempest: Third Series”, p.164, Cengage Learning EMEA

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Truth
1604-5 Mariana to Diana. All'sWellThat EndsWell, act 3, sc.5, l.12-13.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Time, Three
William Shakespeare (1784). “Stockdale's edition of Shakespeare, with explanatory notes”, p.56

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Success
William Shakespeare (1838). “The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols., including a vol. entitled William Shakspere, by C. Knight].”, p.281

Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Attitude, Communication
'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 90

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
Inspirational, Life, Success
'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Death, Running
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.549

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 5, l. [158]

The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Motivational, Hope
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. 2

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Trust, Children

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Life, Nature
'Troilus And Cressida' (1602) act 3, sc. 3, l. 171

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Hope, New Year
William Shakespeare (1998). “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, p.88, Oxford University Press, USA

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

The best is yet to come.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Inspiring, Best Husband
William Shakespeare (2013). “Twelfth Night Thrift Study Edition”, p.126, Courier Corporation

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Business, Good Life
'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 5, l. [43]

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Success, Fear
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.35

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Positive, Happiness
'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [259]

This above all; to thine own self be true.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

A light heart lives long.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Motivational, Funny Love
'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 5, sc. 2, l. 15

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
Inspirational, Graduation, Honesty
'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

I do desire we may be better strangers.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Desire, May
'As You Like It' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [276]

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Motivational, Time
1603-4 Iago to Cassio. Othello, act 2, sc.3, l.262-4.

Let every man be master of his time.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Motivational, Time
William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller (1997). “Macbeth”, p.23, Cambridge University Press

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