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> [How sometimes nature will betray its folly, Its tenderness, and make itself a pastime To harder bosoms!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/how-sometimes-nature-will-betray-its-folly-its-tenderness-and-make/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/can-it-be-that-modesty-may-more-betray-our-sense-than-woman-s/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Give me mine angle, we'll to th' river: there, My music playing far off, I will betray Tawny-finned fishes. My bended hook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/give-me-mine-angle-we-ll-to-th-river-there-my-music-playing-far-off-i/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/and-oftentimes-to-win-us-to-our-harm-the-instruments-of-darkness-tell/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Though those that are betray'd Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/though-those-that-are-betray-d-do-feel-the-treason-sharply-yet-the/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Can it be chat modesty may more betray Our sense than woman's lightness?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/can-it-be-chat-modesty-may-more-betray-our-sense-than-woman-s/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“But tis strange: And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the Instruments of Darkness tell us truths, win us with honest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/but-tis-strange-and-oftentimes-to-win-us-to-our-harm-the-instruments/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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## Other authors on Betray

## 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/)

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