Famous quotes containing the word earnest:
“That high All-seer which I dallied with
Hath turned my feigned prayer on my head,
And given in earnest what I begged in jest.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.”
—Georg Büchner (1813–1837)
“What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)