A Quote by Philip Massinger

What pity 'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill!

Philip Massinger

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Actions His Ill Pity Should Should I Speak Tis Well

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Philip Massinger
English - Dramatist
May 2, 1908 - June 27, 1908

What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.

J. R. R. Tolkien

'Tis virtue, and not birth that makes us noble: Great actions speak great minds, and such should govern.

John Fletcher

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

Jean de la Bruyere

Ill-considered but well-intentioned actions do more good that actions that are well-considered but cruel.

Sergei Lukyanenko

If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.

Samuel Johnson

Do you want to injure someone's reputation? Don't speak ill of him, speak too well.

Andre Siegfried

Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.

William Shakespeare

It is a pity to make a mystery out of what should most easily be understood. There is nothing occult about the thought that all things maybe made well or made ill. A work of art is a well-made thing - that is all. It may be a well-made statue of a well-made chair or a well-made book. Art is not a special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself that is good. Most simply and generally, Art may be thought of as "The Well Doing of What Needs Doing."

Oscar Wilde

Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions of our lives, 'tis the most meddled with by other people.

John Selden

Tis well to borrow from the good and the great; 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!

John Godfrey Saxe

Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people.

John Selden

They say actions speak louder than words, but actions dont speak. People speak, and people are loud.

Jennette McCurdy

Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; It is best to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.

Charles Robert Maturin

Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.

Andy Stanley

Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.