Quote by William Shakespeare

The art of our necessities is strangeThat can make vile things precious.

The art of our necessities is strangeThat can make vile thin

Summary

This quote by William Shakespeare from his play "King Lear" suggests that when we are in desperate or challenging circumstances, our perception of value can change. It refers to the human ability to find beauty or worth in things or situations that may usually be considered lowly, undesirable, or less valuable. It highlights the remarkable adaptability of our necessities, demonstrating that our needs and circumstances have the power to reshape our perspectives and alter our judgments of what truly holds value.

Topics

Necessity Despair Misery Need

By William Shakespeare

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, Without v

I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, Without vanity I may say, etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.

Benjamin Franklin

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and ter

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

Bertrand Russell

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into i

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that o

We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed, and that we care. When we are asked to help, we have to perform and provide the right advice.

Lawrence Eagleburger

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true fo

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men -- that is genius.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a game, play it.

If you can't run, you crawl. If you can't crawl-- you find s

If you can't run, you crawl. If you can't crawl-- you find someone to carry you.

Inspirational Television

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refi

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.

Profanity Vulgarity

The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose

The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature--: and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and crimin

I know all those people. I have friendly, social, and criminal relations with the whole lot of them.

Feminism is a political mistake. Feminism is a mistake made

Feminism is a political mistake. Feminism is a mistake made by women's intellect, a mistake which her instinct will recognize.

Valentine De SaintPoint