Father Quotes by William Shakespeare

“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.”

— William Shakespeare

What thing, in honor, had my father lost, That need to be revived and breathed in me?

— William Shakespeare

Methinks a father Is at the nuptial of his son a guest That best becomes the table.

— William Shakespeare

“My father's spirit in arms! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: would the night were come! Till then sit…

— William Shakespeare

Withal I did infer your lineaments, Being the right idea of your father, Both in your form and nobleness of mind; Laid…

— William Shakespeare

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

— William Shakespeare

Zounds! I was never so bethumped with words since I first called my brother's father dad.

— William Shakespeare

What should a man do but be merry? For look you how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within's two…

— William Shakespeare

O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealing teaches them suspect The thoughts of others!

— William Shakespeare

To you your father should be as a god.

— William Shakespeare

All surfeit is the father of much fast.

— William Shakespeare

There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember; and there is pansies, that’s for thoughts... There’s fennel for you, and columbines; there’s…

— William Shakespeare

No .... holy father, throw away that thought. Believe not that the dribbling dart of love Can pierce a complete bosom.

— William Shakespeare

My father's wit, and my mother's tongue, assist me!

— William Shakespeare

O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn…

— William Shakespeare

If by chance I talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father.

— William Shakespeare

Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead. Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief Shore his old thread in…

— William Shakespeare

Full fathom five thy father lies

— William Shakespeare

“Think you I am no stronger than my own sex being so father'd and husbanded?”

— William Shakespeare

“My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules.”

— William Shakespeare

Which means she to deceive, father or mother?

— William Shakespeare

Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that,…

— William Shakespeare

My father compounded with my mother under the Dragon's tail, and my nativity was under Ursa Major, so that it follows, I…

— William Shakespeare

To you your father should be as a god; One that composed your beauties, yea, and one To whom you are but…

— William Shakespeare

I am thy father's spirit; Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night And, for the day, confin'd to fast in…

— William Shakespeare