--- title: "4 Careless Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "4 Careless quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Careless sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/william-shakespeare-4_age_for-youth-no-less-becomes-the-light-and_2075612.jpg" --- > [For youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears, Than settled age his sables, and his weeds Importing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/for-youth-no-less-becomes-the-light-and-careless-livery-that-it-wears/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/william-shakespeare-4_age_for-youth-no-less-becomes-the-light-and_2075612.jpg) > [A lean cheek; which you have not: a blue eye, and sunken; which you have not: an unquestionable spirit; which you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-lean-cheek-which-you-have-not-a-blue-eye-and-sunken-which-you-have/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/william-shakespeare-4_beard_a-lean-cheek-which-you-have-not-a-blue-e_2233949.jpg) > [A lean cheek, - a blue eye, and sunken, - an unquestionable spirit, - a beard neglected:- Then your hose should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-lean-cheek-a-blue-eye-and-sunken-an-unquestionable-spirit-a-beard/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/william-shakespeare-4_beard_a-lean-cheek-a-blue-eye-and-sunken-an-un_2264877.jpg) > [. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/nothing-in-his-life-became-him-like-the-leaving-it-he-died-as-one/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/william-shakespeare-4_careless_nothing-in-his-life-became-him-like-the_2347925.jpg) ## Other authors on Careless ## 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/careless/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "4 Careless Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears, Than settled age his sables, and his weeds Importing health and graveness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/for-youth-no-less-becomes-the-light-and-careless-livery-that-it-wears/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/william-shakespeare-4_age_for-youth-no-less-becomes-the-light-and_2075612.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/william-shakespeare-4_age_for-youth-no-less-becomes-the-light-and_2075612.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/william-shakespeare-4_age_for-youth-no-less-becomes-the-light-and_2075612.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears, Than settled age his sables, and his…” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lean cheek; 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