"Do you take me for a sponge,..." - Quote by William Shakespeare

Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to be last swallowed: when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. rosencrantz: I understand you not, my lord. hamlet: I am glad of it: a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.
Image for the quote by William Shakespeare: Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rew...

More by William Shakespeare

“Miracles are ceased; and therefore we must needs admit the means, how things are perfected.”
— William Shakespeare
“The quality of nothing hath not such need to hide itself”
— William Shakespeare
“Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.”
— William Shakespeare

More on Manipulation

“I was an emotional manipulator of fighters . . . You have to know how to be cold, you know? Just have no -emotions, no feelings. It takes time, though, to develop that. I'd been working on that since I was 12 years old. It doesn't happen overnight.”
— Mike Tyson
“Bait the hook well. This fish will bite.”
— William Shakespeare
“Don't let tobacco companies make the choices for you... they care about their own well-being, not yours”
— Wayne Dyer

More on Power

“But to admire a strong person and to live under that strong person’s thumb are two different things.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“Power does not change you, it unmasks you.”
— John Kennedy
“Do the thing and you will have the power.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson