As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
William ShakespeareRead
They lie deadly that tell you have good faces.
Interpretation
This quote cautions against judging people based on their appearance, suggesting that looks can be deceiving.
In this quote, William Shakespeare warns that superficial judgments based on physical appearance can be misleading. He suggests that those who solely rely on outward appearances are deceived, as true character and intentions often lie beneath the surface. This highlights the importance of looking beyond the exterior to understand a person's true nature.
In practice
In a motivational speech about inner beauty vs. outer beauty.
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.
Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying!
Give it an understanding, but no tongue.
We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.
There is a great line of women stretching out behind you into the past, and you have to seek them out and find them in yourself and be conscious of them.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little
Knowledge is simply a kind of fuel; it needs the motor of understanding to convert it into power.
Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.
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