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George Bernard Shaw: I never resist...

George Bernard Shaw: I never resist...

I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me never tempt...

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George Bernard Shaw: Justice is justice...

George Bernard Shaw: Justice is justice...

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.

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George Bernard Shaw: People are always...

George Bernard Shaw: People are always...

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who...

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William Shakespeare: Done to death...

William Shakespeare: Done to death...

Done to death by slanderous tongues.

Source: Much Ado About Nothing, V. iii....

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William Shakespeare: For aught that...

William Shakespeare: For aught that...

For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run...

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William Shakespeare: Tis my vocation,...

William Shakespeare: Tis my vocation,...

'Tis my vocation, Hal; 'tis no sin for a man to labour in his vocation.

Source:...

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William Shakespeare: Unbidden guests<br>Are often...

William Shakespeare: Unbidden guests
Are often...

Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.


Source: Henry VI, Pt I,...

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William Shakespeare: O! that a...

William Shakespeare: O! that a...

O! that a man might know
The end of this day's business ere it come.


Source:...

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William Shakespeare: A jest's prosperity...

William Shakespeare: A jest's prosperity...

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes...

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William Shakespeare: Can such things...

William Shakespeare: Can such things...

Can such things be
And overcome us like a summer's cloud,
Without our special...

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William Shakespeare: Some rise by...

William Shakespeare: Some rise by...

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Source: Measure for Measure, II. i....

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William Shakespeare: That which in...

William Shakespeare: That which in...

That which in mean men we entitle patience
Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.


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William Shakespeare: Do as adversaries...

William Shakespeare: Do as adversaries...

Do as adversaries in law, strive mightily, But eat and drink as friends.

Source:...

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William Shakespeare: Our purses shall...

William Shakespeare: Our purses shall...

Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor;
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich . ....

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William Shakespeare: Rough winds do...

William Shakespeare: Rough winds do...

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.

Source: Sonnet 18, Shall I Compare...

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William Shakespeare: Misery acquaints a...

William Shakespeare: Misery acquaints a...

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

Source: The Tempest, II. ii....

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William Shakespeare: He that loves...

William Shakespeare: He that loves...

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

Source: Timon of Athens,...

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George Bernard Shaw: Revolutionary movements attract...

George Bernard Shaw: Revolutionary movements attract...

Revolutionary movements attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are...

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George Bernard Shaw: The secret of...

George Bernard Shaw: The secret of...

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is...

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George Bernard Shaw: The most anxious...

George Bernard Shaw: The most anxious...

The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

Source: Man and Superman, Maxims...

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