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title: "8 Bites Quotes By William Shakespeare"
description: "8 Bites quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Bites sayings from other authors."
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> [If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/if-i-had-my-mouth-i-would-bite-if-i-had-my-liberty-i-would-do-my/)

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

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> [Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons' difference, as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/here-feel-we-but-the-penalty-of-adam-the-seasons-difference-as-the/)

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

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> [Teeth hadst thou in thy head when thou wast born, To signify thou camest to bite the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/teeth-hadst-thou-in-thy-head-when-thou-wast-born-to-signify-thou/)

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

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> [Men that make Envy and crooked malice nourishment, Dare bite the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/men-that-make-envy-and-crooked-malice-nourishment-dare-bite-the-best/)

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

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> [Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As mans ingratitude Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/blow-blow-thou-winter-wind-thou-art-not-so-unkind-as-mans-ingratitude/)

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

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> [Bait the hook well. This fish will bite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/bait-the-hook-well-this-fish-will-bite/)

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

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> [Look what thy soul holds dear, imagine it To lie that way thou goest, not whence thou com'st. Suppose the singing birds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/look-what-thy-soul-holds-dear-imagine-it-to-lie-that-way-thou-goest/)

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

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> [Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/do-you-bite-your-thumb-at-us-sir/)

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

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## Other authors on Bites

## 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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