Alas, poor country, almost afraid to know itself! It cannot be called our mother, but our grave. Author: William Shakespeare Copy Quote More from William Shakespeare “I hate ingratitude more in a manthan lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,or …” “As merry as the day is long.” “Is it possible he should know what he is, and be that he is?” “How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in it!”