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Famous quotes by Dramatists

"They do not love that do not show their love"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"Mind your speech a little, lest you should mar your fortunes"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"Men shut their doors against a setting sun"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"I was adored once too"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"By that sin fell the angels"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
William Shakespeare
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"Kings are not born; they are made by artificial hallucination"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
George Bernard Shaw
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"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience?"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
George Bernard Shaw
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"The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
George Bernard Shaw
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"Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
George Bernard Shaw
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"Life would be tolerable but for its amusements"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
George Bernard Shaw
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"Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
George Bernard Shaw
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"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
George Bernard Shaw
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"Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change"
Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist
Friedrich Schiller
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"With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain"
Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist
Friedrich Schiller
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"I am better than my reputation"
Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist
Friedrich Schiller
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"Luck is believing you're lucky"
Tennessee Williams, Dramatist
Tennessee Williams
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"I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action"
Tennessee Williams, Dramatist
Tennessee Williams
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"If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older"
Tom Stoppard, Dramatist
Tom Stoppard
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"Every exit is an entry somewhere else"
Tom Stoppard, Dramatist
Tom Stoppard
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"Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?"
Tom Stoppard, Dramatist
Tom Stoppard
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"When I came back to Dublin, I was court-martialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence"
Brendan Behan, Dramatist
Brendan Behan
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"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody"
Brendan Behan, Dramatist
Brendan Behan
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"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Anton Chekhov
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