Losing Trick Count

Famous quotes containing the words losing, trick and/or count:

    “Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
    Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
    Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,
    Remembered tolling a departing friend.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I know a trick worth two of that.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death—what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless who is cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.”
    —Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)