… for he loves to hear
That unicorns may be betrayed with trees,
And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,
Lions with toils, and men with flatterers;
But when I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.
William Shakespeare – "Hamlet"
We fat all creatures else to fat us and we fat ourselves for maggots.
William Shakespeare – "Hamlet"
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.”
William Shakepeare – "Hamlet"
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice.
William Shakespeare – "Hamlet"
Frailty, thy name is woman.
William Shakespeare – "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Though Love use Reason for his physician, he admits not for his counsellor.
William Shakespeare – "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"
That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, / If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
William Shakespeare – "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"
Fie, fie! How wayward is this foolish love / That like a tasty babe, will scratch the nurse / And presently all humbled kiss the rod!