--- title: "4 Crush Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "4 Crush quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Crush sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/william-shakespeare-4_bears_this-man-lady-hath-robb-d-many-beasts-of_1347939.jpg" --- > [This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/this-man-lady-hath-robb-d-many-beasts-of-their-particular-additions/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/william-shakespeare-4_bears_this-man-lady-hath-robb-d-many-beasts-of_1347939.jpg) > [Thus play I in one person many people, And none contented: sometimes am I king; Then treasons make me wish myself a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thus-play-i-in-one-person-many-people-and-none-contented-sometimes-am/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/william-shakespeare-4_beggar_thus-play-i-in-one-person-many-people-an_1359779.jpg) > [Your lips are like wine, and I want to get drunk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/your-lips-are-like-wine-and-i-want-to-get-drunk/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/william-shakespeare-4_crush_your-lips-are-like-wine-and-i-want-to-ge_1382422.jpg) > [When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-you-fear-a-foe-fear-crushes-your-strength-and-this-weakness/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/william-shakespeare-4_competition_when-you-fear-a-foe-fear-crushes-your-st_2206230.jpg) ## Other authors on Crush - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alex-low-10829.jpg) Sikhwetha Maanda Stanley 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/sikhwetha-maanda-stanley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/rick-riordan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-bella-mutolo-12151.jpg) Bella Mutolo 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/bella-mutolo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ana-12537.jpg) Ana 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/ana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ana-chable-1704.jpg) Ana Chable 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/ana-chable/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amber-hope-12202.jpg) Amber Hope 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/amber-hope/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-stephen-chbosky-387.jpg) Stephen Chbosky 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/stephen-chbosky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/mahatma-gandhi/) ## 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/crush/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "4 Crush Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the elephant-a man into whom nature hath so crowded humours that his valour is crush'd into folly, his folly sauced with discretion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/this-man-lady-hath-robb-d-many-beasts-of-their-particular-additions/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/william-shakespeare-4_bears_this-man-lady-hath-robb-d-many-beasts-of_1347939.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/william-shakespeare-4_bears_this-man-lady-hath-robb-d-many-beasts-of_1347939.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/william-shakespeare-4_bears_this-man-lady-hath-robb-d-many-beasts-of_1347939.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish…” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thus play I in one person many people, And none contented: sometimes am I king; 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