--- title: "9 Deny Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "9 Deny quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Deny sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/william-shakespeare-4_appliances_canst-thou-o-partial-sleep-give-thy-repo_1571375.jpg" --- > [Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose to the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude, and in the calmest and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/canst-thou-o-partial-sleep-give-thy-repose-to-the-wet-sea-boy-in-an/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/william-shakespeare-4_appliances_canst-thou-o-partial-sleep-give-thy-repo_1571375.jpg) > [We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/we-ignorant-of-ourselves-beg-often-our-own-harms-which-the-wise/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/william-shakespeare-4_deny_we-ignorant-of-ourselves-beg-often-our-o_2505548.jpg) > [I am your wife if you will marry me. If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow You may deny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-am-your-wife-if-you-will-marry-me-if-not-i-ll-die-your-maid-to-be/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/william-shakespeare-4_deny_i-am-your-wife-if-you-will-marry-me-if-n_1429648.jpg) > [“I will deny thee nothing: Whereon, I do beseech thee, grant me this, To leave me but a little to myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-will-deny-thee-nothing-whereon-i-do-beseech-thee-grant-me-this-to/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/william-shakespeare-4_deny_i-will-deny-thee-nothing-whereon-i-do-be_2636029.jpg) > [A miracle. Here's our own hands against our hearts. Come, I will have thee, but by this light I take thee for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-miracle-here-s-our-own-hands-against-our-hearts-come-i-will-have/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/william-shakespeare-4_benedick_a-miracle-here-s-our-own-hands-against-o_2193966.jpg) > [As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/as-honour-love-obedience-troops-of-friends-i-must-not-look-to-have-2/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/william-shakespeare-4_breaths_as-honour-love-obedience-troops-of-frien_2912456.jpg) > [O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-romeo-romeo-wherefore-art-thou-romeo-deny-thy-father-and-refuse-thy-2/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/william-shakespeare-4_acts-of-love_o-romeo-romeo-wherefore-art-thou-romeo-d_1226845.jpg) > [Tam: What begg’st thou then? fond woman, let me go. Lav: ’Tis present death I beg; and one thing more That womanhood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/tam-what-begg-st-thou-then-fond-woman-let-me-go-lav-tis-present-death/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/william-shakespeare-4_beastly_tam-what-begg-st-thou-then-fond-woman-le_345761.jpg) > [O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself thou not a montegue, what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-romeo-romeo-wherefore-art-thou-romeo-deny-thy-father-refuse-thy/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/william-shakespeare-4_art_o-romeo-romeo-wherefore-art-thou-romeo-d_2561439.jpg) ## Other authors on Deny ## 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/deny/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "9 Deny Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose to the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude, and in the calmest and most stillest night, with all appliances and means to boot, deny it to a king?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/canst-thou-o-partial-sleep-give-thy-repose-to-the-wet-sea-boy-in-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/william-shakespeare-4_appliances_canst-thou-o-partial-sleep-give-thy-repo_1571375.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/william-shakespeare-4_appliances_canst-thou-o-partial-sleep-give-thy-repo_1571375.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/william-shakespeare-4_appliances_canst-thou-o-partial-sleep-give-thy-repo_1571375.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose to the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude, and in the calmest and…” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/we-ignorant-of-ourselves-beg-often-our-own-harms-which-the-wise/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/william-shakespeare-4_deny_we-ignorant-of-ourselves-beg-often-our-o_2505548.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/william-shakespeare-4_deny_we-ignorant-of-ourselves-beg-often-our-o_2505548.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/william-shakespeare-4_deny_we-ignorant-of-ourselves-beg-often-our-o_2505548.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we…” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am your wife if you will marry me. 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