Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Category: Life Advice

October 23

Self-Talk

Be to yourself
As you would to your friend.

–Henry VIII,
Act I, Scene i
October 22

Rebellion Dogs

For when we rage, advice is often seen
By blunting us to make our wits more keen.

–A Lover’s Complaint
October 15

Keep Some Things Quiet

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.

–King Lear,
Act I, Scene iv
October 13

Choose

What a mere child is Fancy,
That, having two fair gauds of equal sweetness,
Cannot distinguish, but must cry for both.

–Two Noble Kinsmen,
Act IV, Scene ii
October 9

Time Work

How many things by season season’d are
To their right praise and true perfection!

-The Merchant of Venice,
Act V, Scene i
October 4

Caution Flag

And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s
In deepest consequence.

—Macbeth,
Act I, Scene ii
October 1

Balance Your Power

O, it is excellent
To have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.

— Measure for Measure,
Act II, Scene ii