Excess Quote by William Shakespeare Download Open image “To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess” — William Shakespeare ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Excess Gold Hue Lilies Paint Refined Ridiculous
A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
But not gold in commercial quantities, Just enough gold to make the engagement rings And marriage rings of those who owned the farm. What… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is not the love of much wheat, and wool and household stuff. It is the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Real gold doesn't start its journey in a display window at Tiffany. It's dug out of the dirty earth. Sometimes true gold doesn't glitter.… — Cleo Coyle Copy Share Image
We let ourselves knowingly to be impressed of all that glitters ,because we got so tired looking for the real gold . — Laylablack Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught? — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my life, people have scolded… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
My conscience is really active. So I feel bad about spending excess amount of money on things. — Syd Copy Share Image
Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this homey, civil… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
A too closely watched flower/blossoms the wrong color./Excess attention to the jonquil/turns it gentian. Flowers/need it tranquil to get/their hues right. Some/only open at… — Kay Ryan Copy Share Image
This isn't a picture filled with wonder and a sense of fun; it's so jaded and crass that I almost wonder if it's a… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Most of us try to do too much because we are secretly afraid we will not be able to do anything at all. — Rick Aster Copy Share Image
As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or… — Dale T. Mortensen Copy Share Image
I believe that government should confine itself to the public realm and that it should be as stripped down as possible, within reason. It… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
All excess is ill; but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is… — William Penn Copy Share Image
“The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He’s got esprit up to here. Right now, he is preparing to carry out… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now as we work off some of the past… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
