--- title: "9 Broke Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "9 Broke quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Broke sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/william-shakespeare-4_broke_how-soar-sweet-music-is-when-time-is-bro_2525033.jpg" --- > [How soar sweet music is, when time is broke, and no proportion kept!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/how-soar-sweet-music-is-when-time-is-broke-and-no-proportion-kept/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/william-shakespeare-4_broke_how-soar-sweet-music-is-when-time-is-bro_2525033.jpg) > [Contention, like a horse, Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose, And bears down all before him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/contention-like-a-horse-full-of-high-feeding-madly-hath-broke-loose/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/william-shakespeare-4_bears_contention-like-a-horse-full-of-high-fee_1976567.jpg) > [Keep time! How sour sweet music is when time is broke and no proportion kept! So is it in the music of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/keep-time-how-sour-sweet-music-is-when-time-is-broke-and-no/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/william-shakespeare-4_broke_keep-time-how-sour-sweet-music-is-when-t_353393.jpg) > [How quickly nature falls into revolt When gold becomes her object! For this the foolish over-careful fathers Have broke their sleep with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/how-quickly-nature-falls-into-revolt-when-gold-becomes-her-object-for/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/william-shakespeare-4_bones_how-quickly-nature-falls-into-revolt-whe_2299491.jpg) > [There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream; There with fantastic garlands did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/there-is-a-willow-grows-aslant-a-brook-that-shows-his-hoar-leaves-in/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/william-shakespeare-4_broke_there-is-a-willow-grows-aslant-a-brook-t_977866.jpg) > [Oh, thou did'st then ne'er love so heartily. If thou rememb'rest not the slightest folly That ever love did make thee run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/oh-thou-did-st-then-ne-er-love-so-heartily-if-thou-rememb-rest-not/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/william-shakespeare-4_broke_oh-thou-did-st-then-ne-er-love-so-hearti_1143246.jpg) > [Friends now fast sworn, Whose double bosoms seems to wear one heart, Whose hours, whose bed, whose meal and exercise Are still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/friends-now-fast-sworn-whose-double-bosoms-seems-to-wear-one-heart/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/william-shakespeare-4_bed_friends-now-fast-sworn-whose-double-boso_2420141.jpg) > [Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-me-twine-mine-arms-about-that-body-where-against-my-grained-ash/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/william-shakespeare-4_ambitious_let-me-twine-mine-arms-about-that-body-w_568532.jpg) > [I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-have-ventured-like-little-wanton-boys-that-swim-on-bladders-this/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/william-shakespeare-4_bladder_i-have-ventured-like-little-wanton-boys_1517528.jpg) ## Other authors on Broke ## 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/broke/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "9 Broke Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How soar sweet music is, when time is broke, and no proportion kept!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/how-soar-sweet-music-is-when-time-is-broke-and-no-proportion-kept/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/william-shakespeare-4_broke_how-soar-sweet-music-is-when-time-is-bro_2525033.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/william-shakespeare-4_broke_how-soar-sweet-music-is-when-time-is-bro_2525033.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/william-shakespeare-4_broke_how-soar-sweet-music-is-when-time-is-bro_2525033.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How soar sweet music is, when time is broke, and no proportion kept!” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Contention, like a horse, Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose, And bears down all before him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/contention-like-a-horse-full-of-high-feeding-madly-hath-broke-loose/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/william-shakespeare-4_bears_contention-like-a-horse-full-of-high-fee_1976567.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/william-shakespeare-4_bears_contention-like-a-horse-full-of-high-fee_1976567.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/william-shakespeare-4_bears_contention-like-a-horse-full-of-high-fee_1976567.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Contention, like a horse, Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose, And bears down all before him.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Keep time! 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