"I would that I were low laid..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
I would that I were low laid in my grave.I am not worth this coil that's made for me.
More by William Shakespeare
“I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.”
“But to my mind, though I am native here, And to the manner born, it is a custom, More honored in the breach than the observance.”
“O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple Hell?”
More on Despair
“He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.”
“They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future.”
“So many miseries have craz'd my voice,That my woe-wearied tongue is still and mute.”
More on Self Worth
“I am a human being, not a human doing. Don't equate your self-worth with how well you do things in life. You aren't what you do. If you are what you do, then when you don't . . , you aren't.”
“To me the thought of oneself as low and humble is a sin and ignorance.”
“Once you know what it means to choose in favor of yourself, there is no power in the universe that can make you choose against yourself.”