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Quote of William Shakespeare: A mote it is to trouble...


Biography - William Shakespeare:

English poet, playwright and actor of the 16th–17th century, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language.
Born: 1564 - Died: 1616
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

A mote it is to trouble the mind's eye.


Note 

Note




Quote source: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Wikisource - The works of Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet (en) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Une poussière suffit à troubler l'œil de l'esprit.

German
Ein Stäubchen ists, des Geistes Aug zu trüben.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: mind


Quotes

Quotes about mind:


Hide your life and spread your spirit.





A healthy mind in a healthy body.





The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.





When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.





It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.





My spirit yearns for action, my breath for freedom.











Quotes

Quotes for: eyes


To live without philosophizing is properly to have one's eyes closed and never attempt to open them.





It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.





Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.





What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.





Philosophy is written in this grand book, which stands continually open before our eyes (I say the Universe), but can not be understood without first learning to comprehend the language and know the characters as it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles and other geometric figures, without which it is impossible to humanly understand a word; without these one is wandering in a dark labyrinth.





The only true voyage, the only bath in the Fountain of Youth, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to see the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to see the hundred universes that each of them sees, that each of them is.











Quotes

William Shakespeare also said...


All the world's a stage.





To be, or not to be, that is the question.





There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.






What's done cannot be undone.





Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me.





What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;













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