--- title: "7 Barren Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "7 Barren quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Barren sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/william-shakespeare-4_barren_if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not_190851.jpg" --- > [If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends; for when did friendship take A breed for barren…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not-as-to-thy-friends-for-when/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/william-shakespeare-4_barren_if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not_190851.jpg) > [He was too good to be Where ill men were, and was the best of all Amongst the rar'st of good ones-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/he-was-too-good-to-be-where-ill-men-were-and-was-the-best-of-all/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/william-shakespeare-4_barren_he-was-too-good-to-be-where-ill-men-were_423887.jpg) > [Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/now-would-i-give-a-thousand-furlongs-of-sea-for-an-acre-of-barren/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/william-shakespeare-4_acres_now-would-i-give-a-thousand-furlongs-of_1024871.jpg) > [Thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: So cares…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thus-sometimes-hath-the-brightest-day-a-cloud-and-after-summer/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/william-shakespeare-4_barren_thus-sometimes-hath-the-brightest-day-a_1559447.jpg) > [Either to die the death or to abjure For ever the society of men. Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires; Know of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/either-to-die-the-death-or-to-abjure-for-ever-the-society-of-men/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/william-shakespeare-4_barren_either-to-die-the-death-or-to-abjure-for_2420721.jpg) > [And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/and-nothing-can-we-call-our-own-but-death-and-that-small-model-of-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/william-shakespeare-4_barren_and-nothing-can-we-call-our-own-but-deat_2752603.jpg) > [When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in't; and teach me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-thou-cam-st-first-thou-strok-st-me-and-made-much-of-me-wouldst/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/william-shakespeare-4_astronomy_when-thou-cam-st-first-thou-strok-st-me_2865678.jpg) ## Other authors on Barren ## More by William Shakespeare > [Let us kill all lawyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-us-kill-all-lawyers/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-tiger-s-heart-wrapped-in-a-woman-s-hide/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-hath-not-yet-so-dried-this-blood-of-mine-nor-age-so-eat-up-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/divers-philosophers-hold-that-the-lips-is-parcel-of-the-mouth/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/short-time-seems-long-in-sorrow-s-sharp-sustaining/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-a-smoke-made-with-the-fume-of-sighs-being-purg-d-a-fire/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-measuring-his-affections-by-my-own-which-then-most-sought-where/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ask-god-for-temp-rance-that-s-th-appliance-only-which-your-disease/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-hast-no-figures-nor-no-fantasies-which-busy-care-draws-in-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/truth-needs-no-color-beauty-no-pencil/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-you-not-heard-it-said-full-oft-a-woman-s-nay-doth-stand-for/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Omittance is no quittance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/omittance-is-no-quittance/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Yes, madam: yet I cannot choose but laugh, To think it should leave crying and say 'Ay.' And yet, I warrant, it had upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yes-madam-yet-i-cannot-choose-but-laugh-to-think-it-should-leave/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-take-thee-at-thy-word-call-me-but-love-and-i-ll-be-new-baptized/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barren/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "7 Barren Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends; for when did friendship take A breed for barren metal of his friend?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not-as-to-thy-friends-for-when/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/william-shakespeare-4_barren_if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not_190851.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/william-shakespeare-4_barren_if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not_190851.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/william-shakespeare-4_barren_if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not_190851.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends; 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