“Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.”

Playwright and poet · 1564 – 1616

English playwright and poet, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language; author of Hamlet and Macbeth.

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How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.