Wise Quotes by William Shakespeare

The small amount of foolery wise men have makes a great show.

— William Shakespeare

Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.

— William Shakespeare

“Of all knowledge, the wise and good seek mostly to know themselves.”

— William Shakespeare

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

— William Shakespeare

When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.

— William Shakespeare

The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

— William Shakespeare

To be wise and love exceeds man's might.

— William Shakespeare

Full of wise saws and modern instances.

— William Shakespeare

When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.

— William Shakespeare

All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason…

— William Shakespeare

See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose…

— William Shakespeare

Who is Silvia What is she, That all our swains commend her Holy, fair, and wise is she.

— William Shakespeare

Holy, fair, and wise is she; The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be.

— William Shakespeare

Wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes, but presently prevent the ways to wail.

— William Shakespeare

The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches…

— William Shakespeare

Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.

— William Shakespeare

She marking them begins a wailing note And sings extemporally a woeful ditty How love makes young men thrall and old men…

— William Shakespeare

Therefore it is most expedient for the wise, if Don Worm (his conscience) find no impediment to the contrary, to be the…

— William Shakespeare

I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust: to love…

— William Shakespeare

One woman is fair, yet I am well; another is wise, yet I am well; another virtuous, yet I am well; but…

— William Shakespeare

The why is plain as way to parish church: He that a fool doth very wisely hit Doth very foolishly, although he…

— William Shakespeare

Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain: Lest sorrow lend me words and…

— William Shakespeare

Even so; an't please your worship, Brakenbury, You may partake of any thing we say: We speak no treason, man; we say…

— William Shakespeare

All that glitters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life has sold But my outside…

— William Shakespeare

This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit: He must observe…

— William Shakespeare

O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? O, stay and hear; your true love's coming, That can sing both high and low:…

— William Shakespeare

Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea…

— William Shakespeare

But till all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace. Rich she shall be, that's certain;…

— William Shakespeare

“Modest doubt is call'd the beacon of the wise.”

— William Shakespeare

Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.

— William Shakespeare

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

— William Shakespeare

Of all knowledge the wise and good seek most to know themselves.

— William Shakespeare

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

— William Shakespeare

For to be wise and love exceeds man's might.

— William Shakespeare

So wise so young, they say, do never live long.

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

In nature's infinite book of secrecy A little I can read.

— William Shakespeare

As you are old and reverend, you should be wise.

— William Shakespeare

The fool don't think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

— William Shakespeare

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

— William Shakespeare