Life Advice – Shakespeare Quote of the Day

June 15

Happy are they that hear their detractions
and can put them to mending.

–Much Ado About Nothing,
Act II, Scene iii

This is the state of man:
to-day he puts forth the tender leaves of hopes;
to-morrow blossoms.

–Henry VIII,
Act III, Scene ii

Now ’tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted;
Suffer them now, and they’ll o’ergrow the garden
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.

–Henry VI Part 2,
Act III, Scene i

No profit grows where is no pleasure ta’en:
In brief, sir, study what you most affect.

–Taming of the Shrew,
Act I, Scene i

I charge thee, fling away ambition:
By that sin fell the angels.

–Henry VIII,
Act III, Scene, ii

The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation: that away,
Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.

–Richard II,
Act I, Scene i

Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.

— Pericles,
Act I Scene iv