Active Quote by William Shakespeare

Almighty Father! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold,-- A patriot bard, by sycophants reviled. Let him live…

— Ebenezer Elliott

“Perhaps as he was lying awake then, his life may have passed before him--his early hopeful struggles, his manly successes and prosperity, his downfall…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Fortune, how fickle and how vain thou art,”

— Patrick Branwell Brontë

“A foolish son has no advantage over a wise orphan.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The hidden and awful Wisdom which apportions the destinies of mankind is pleased so to humiliate and cast down the tender, good, and wise;…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“As a father has pity on his children, so has the Lord had pity on us; because He is good, because His mercy endures…

— Peter J. Arnoudt

“Oh, dry the glistening tear that dues that marshal cheek Thy loving childern here in them thy comfort seek With sympathetic care their arms…

— W.S. Gilbert

“This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeits of our own behavior) we make…

— William Shakespeare

“This child was well muffled up in a pair of man's trousers, but he did not get them from his father, and a woman's…

— Victor Hugo

“When the rush of the weak sweeps over those that strive to be strong, its destruction. The commonplaces of moral judgment become fogged with…

— Shannon L. Alder

“But now, as it is, sorrows, unending sorrows must surge within your heart as well—for your own son’s death. Never again will you embrace…

— Homer

“Here it is. You assume that I am rich; I am not. I shall have nothing once I have emptied my purse. You perhaps…

— Casanova Giacomo