Eloquent Quote by William Shakespeare

Try to be original in your play and as clever as possible; but don't be afraid to show yourself foolish; we must have freedom…

— Anton Chekhov

He who has knowledge of the just and the good and beautiful ... will not, when in earnest, write them in ink.

— Plato

“I will continue to write moral stories in rhymed couplets. But I should be thrice a fool if I did it for aught but…

— William Somerset Maugham

“Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: "Fool!" said my muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.”

— Philip Sidney

Thou art so witty, wicked, and so thin, Thou art at once the Devil, Death, and Sin.

— Anonymous

“It is a great act of cleverness to conceal one's being clever.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld

“Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool. But you yourself may prove to show it, Every fool is not…

— Alexander Pope

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

— William Shakespeare

“Ho there, scribe. I see that you write well enough. Can you also read?' 'Obviously you cannot, boy,' he replied. 'For if you were…

— Theresa Breslin

If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I wish my prose to be transparent—I don't want the reader to stumble over me; I want him to look through what I'm saying…

— V. S. Naipaul

“The really witty man does not shower forth his wit so indiscriminately;”

— Cecil B. Hartley