"Knaves will thrive when honest plainness knows not how to live."

--

Source : James Shirley (1793). “The Maid's Revenge. A Tragedy [in Five Acts, in Prose and Verse].”, p.38

James Shirley

#Knavery Quotes #Knaves Quotes #Honest Quotes

“I don't want any colour to be noticeable... I don't want it to operate in the modernist sense as colour, something independent... Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid.”
“The place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise.”
“Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes.”
“When I was in top shape I'd go to the ring and show my conditioning.”
“If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.”
“Shame tells you when you've gone too far. Then you try if it's okay to go too far. And it might be so that shame was right. You can never, never know that.”

Source : ""Something that's not yourself." - An Interview with Karl Ove Knausgård". Interview with Rebecka Bülow, logger.believermag.com. September 18, 2013.
“Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.”
“The more time went by, the more something just happened, an Oh my god - I want to love someone freely and walk down the street and hold my girlfriendâ€™s hand,”

You may also like:

Ben Jonson
Playwright
Francis Beaumont
Dramatist
George Chapman
Dramatist
John Fletcher
Playwright
John Lyly
Writer
John Webster
Dramatist
Philip Massinger
Dramatist
William Prynne
Author
William Shakespeare
Poet