--- title: "20 Fancy Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "20 Fancy quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Fancy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/william-shakespeare-4_fancy_so-full-of-shapes-is-fancy-512504_512504.jpg" --- > [so full of shapes is fancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/so-full-of-shapes-is-fancy/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/william-shakespeare-4_fancy_so-full-of-shapes-is-fancy-512504_512504.jpg) > [Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/chewing-the-food-of-sweet-and-bitter-fancy/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/william-shakespeare-4_bitter_chewing-the-food-of-sweet-and-bitter-fan_1584409.jpg) > [We must every one be a man of his own fancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/we-must-every-one-be-a-man-of-his-own-fancy/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/william-shakespeare-4_be-a-man_we-must-every-one-be-a-man-of-his-own-fa_2257594.jpg) > [In maiden meditation, fancy free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/in-maiden-meditation-fancy-free/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/william-shakespeare-4_fancy_in-maiden-meditation-fancy-free-2082198_2082198.jpg) > [So full of shapes is fancy That it alone is high fantastical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/so-full-of-shapes-is-fancy-that-it-alone-is-high-fantastical/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/william-shakespeare-4_fancy_so-full-of-shapes-is-fancy-that-it-alone_3014206.jpg) > [Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/tell-me-where-is-fancy-bred-or-in-the-heart-or-in-the-head/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/william-shakespeare-4_fancy_tell-me-where-is-fancy-bred-or-in-the-he_2028207.jpg) > [All impediments in fancy's course Are motives of more fancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/all-impediments-in-fancy-s-course-are-motives-of-more-fancy/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/william-shakespeare-4_courses_all-impediments-in-fancy-s-course-are-mo_242428.jpg) > [Let fancy still in my sense in Lethe steep; If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-fancy-still-in-my-sense-in-lethe-steep-if-it-be-thus-to-dream/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bc/william-shakespeare-4_dream_let-fancy-still-in-my-sense-in-lethe-ste_3146354.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) > [Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, more longing, wavering, sooner lost and won, than women's are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/our-fancies-are-more-giddy-and-unfirm-more-longing-wavering-sooner/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/william-shakespeare-4_fancy_our-fancies-are-more-giddy-and-unfirm-mo_1981560.jpg) > [Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/tell-me-where-is-fancy-bred-or-in-the-heart-or-in-the-head-how-begot/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/william-shakespeare-4_cradle_tell-me-where-is-fancy-bred-or-in-the-he_412336.jpg) > [ Costly thy habit \[dress\] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/costly-thy-habit-dress-as-thy-purse-can-buy-but-not-expressed-in/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/william-shakespeare-4_apparel_costly-thy-habit-dress-as-thy-purse-can_2157689.jpg) > [O,speak to me no more;these words like daggers enter my ears.(a fancy way of saying SHUT UP!)" — William Shakespeare "hamlet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-speak-to-me-no-more-these-words-like-daggers-enter-my-ears-a-fancy/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/william-shakespeare-4_daggers_o-speak-to-me-no-more-these-words-like-d_683651.jpg) > [If ever (as that ever may be near) you meet in some fresh cheek the power of fancy, then shall you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/if-ever-as-that-ever-may-be-near-you-meet-in-some-fresh-cheek-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/william-shakespeare-4_arrows_if-ever-as-that-ever-may-be-near-you-mee_2913665.jpg) > [Because it is a customary cross, As die to love as thoughts, and dreams, and sighs, Wishes, and tears, poor fancy's followers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/because-it-is-a-customary-cross-as-die-to-love-as-thoughts-and-dreams/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/william-shakespeare-4_crosses_because-it-is-a-customary-cross-as-die-t_483751.jpg) > [She told her, while she kept it, 'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father Entirely to her love, but if she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/she-told-her-while-she-kept-it-twould-make-her-amiable-and-subdue-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/william-shakespeare-4_amiable_she-told-her-while-she-kept-it-twould-ma_2878913.jpg) > [Let still woman take An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart, For,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-still-woman-take-an-elder-than-herself-so-wears-she-to-him-so/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/william-shakespeare-4_boys_let-still-woman-take-an-elder-than-herse_609201.jpg) > [Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/beware-of-entrance-to-a-quarrel-but-being-in-bear-t-that-the-opposed/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/william-shakespeare-4_apparel_beware-of-entrance-to-a-quarrel-but-bein_2613046.jpg) > [Macbeth: How does your patient, doctor? Doctor: Not so sick, my lord, as she is troubled with thick-coming fancies that keep her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/macbeth-how-does-your-patient-doctor-doctor-not-so-sick-my-lord-as/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/william-shakespeare-4_antidote_macbeth-how-does-your-patient-doctor-doc_1033190.jpg) > [Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/alas-poor-yorick-i-knew-him-horatio-a-fellow-of-infinite-jest-of-most/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/william-shakespeare-4_chaps_alas-poor-yorick-i-knew-him-horatio-a-fe_363669.jpg) ## Other authors on Fancy ## 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/fancy/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "20 Fancy Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "so full of shapes is fancy", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": 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