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But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Henry V (1599), Act IV, Scene III, spoken by King HenryIn context
- Honor
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Henry V (1599), Act IV, Scene III, spoken by King HenryIn context
And gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Henry V (1599), Act IV, Scene III, spoken by King HenryIn context
- Honor
- War & Peace
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Hamlet (c. 1600), Act III, Scene I, spoken by OpheliaIn context
- Charity
There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face:
He was a gentleman on whom I built
An absolute trust.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene IV, spoken by DuncanIn context
- Character
For ’tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
What, is the jay more precious than the lark
Because his feathers are more beautiful?
William Shakespeare1564–1616The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1591), Act IV, Scene III, spoken by PetruchioIn context
- Beauty
- Character
Wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods?
Draw near them then in being merciful.
Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Titus Andronicus (c. 1592), Act I, Scene I, spoken by TamoraIn context
- Character
- Forgiveness
His nature is too noble for the world.
He would not flatter Neptune for his trident
Or Jove for’s power to thunder.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Coriolanus (c. 1608), Act III, Scene I, spoken by MeneniusIn context
- Character
I’ll never
Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand
As if a man were author of himself,
And knew no other kin.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Coriolanus (c. 1608), Act V, Scene III, spoken by CoriolanusIn context
- Character
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act II, Scene I, spoken by EscalusIn context
- Good & Evil
No ceremony that to great ones longs,
Not the king’s crown, nor the deputed sword,
The marshal’s truncheon, nor the judge’s robe,
Become them with one half so good a grace
As mercy does.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act II, Scene II, spoken by IsabellaIn context
- Forgiveness
- Power
O, the blood more stirs
To rouse a lion than to start a hare!
William Shakespeare1564–1616Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597), Act I, Scene III, spoken by HotspurIn context
- Courage
- Risk
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Maxims for Revolutionists (1903), #25
- Liberty
- Responsibility
Those who understand evil pardon it.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Maxims for Revolutionists (1903), #167
- Forgiveness
- Good & Evil
Economy is the art of making the most of life. The love of economy is the root of all virtue.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Man and Superman (1903), p. 235
- Money