Robert Greene
Robert Greene
Robert Greenewas an English author popular in his day, and now best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, Greenes, Groats-worth of Witte, bought with a million of Repentance, widely believed to contain an attack on William Shakespeare. He is said to have been born in Norwich. He attended Cambridge, receiving a BA in 1580, and an M.A. in 1583 before moving to London, where he arguably became the first professional author in England. Greene was prolific and published...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth11 July 1558
A mind content both crown and kingdom is.
Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own belief and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware.
People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.
Creative Endeavors are by their nature uncertain.
Sovereign of beauty, like the spray she grows;Compass'd she is with thorns and canker'd bower.Yet, were she willing to be pluck'd and worn,She would be gather'd, though she grew on thorn.
Ah, were she pitiful as she is fair,Or but as mild as she is seeming so,Then were my hopes greater than my despair,Then all the world were heaven, nothing woe.
When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
What will seduce a person is the effort we expend on their behalf, showing how much we care, how much they are worth. Leaving things to chance is a recipe for disaster, and reveals that we do not take love and romance very seriously.
All masters want to appear more brilliant than other people.
Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger
No greater mischief could be wrought Than love united to a jealous thought.
Hangs in the uncertain balance of proud time.
I know My God commands, whose power no power resists.