Actions

Famous quotes containing the word actions:

“They are actions that a man might play,
But I have that within which passes show,
These but the trappings and the suits of woe.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

“The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.”
—Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120)