--- title: "9 Cost Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "9 Cost quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Cost sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/william-shakespeare-4_cost_the-fashion-of-the-world-is-to-avoid-cos_960822.jpg" --- > [The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-fashion-of-the-world-is-to-avoid-cost-and-you-encounter-it/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/william-shakespeare-4_cost_the-fashion-of-the-world-is-to-avoid-cos_960822.jpg) > [“It would cost you a groaning to take off my edge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/it-would-cost-you-a-groaning-to-take-off-my-edge/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/william-shakespeare-4_cost_it-would-cost-you-a-groaning-to-take-off_3110934.jpg) > [All fancy-sick she is and pale of cheer, with sighs of love, that costs the fresh blood dear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/all-fancy-sick-she-is-and-pale-of-cheer-with-sighs-of-love-that-costs/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/william-shakespeare-4_blood_all-fancy-sick-she-is-and-pale-of-cheer_631165.jpg) > [Like one who draws the model of a house beyond his power to build it who, half through, gives o'er, and leaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/like-one-who-draws-the-model-of-a-house-beyond-his-power-to-build-it/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/william-shakespeare-4_artist_like-one-who-draws-the-model-of-a-house_2385807.jpg) > [I'll be at charges for a looking-glass And entertain a score or two of tailors To study fashions to adorn my body:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-ll-be-at-charges-for-a-looking-glass-and-entertain-a-score-or-two/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/william-shakespeare-4_body_i-ll-be-at-charges-for-a-looking-glass-a_3031502.jpg) > [Beauty's a doubtful good, a glass, a flower, Lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour; And beauty, blemish'd once, for ever's lost,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/beauty-s-a-doubtful-good-a-glass-a-flower-lost-faded-broken-dead/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/william-shakespeare-4_beautiful_beauty-s-a-doubtful-good-a-glass-a-flowe_9860.jpg) > [When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model; And when we see the figure of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-we-mean-to-build-we-first-survey-the-plot-then-draw-the-model/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/william-shakespeare-4_architecture_when-we-mean-to-build-we-first-survey-th_2943166.jpg) > [By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/by-jove-i-am-not-covetous-for-gold-nor-care-i-who-doth-feed-upon-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/039/william-shakespeare-4_alive_by-jove-i-am-not-covetous-for-gold-nor-c_319755.jpg) > [When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age; When sometime lofty towers I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-i-have-seen-by-time-s-fell-hand-defaced-the-rich-proud-cost-of/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/william-shakespeare-4_advantage_when-i-have-seen-by-time-s-fell-hand-def_2550073.jpg) ## Other authors on Cost ## 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/cost/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "9 Cost Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": 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