--- title: "9 Fixed Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "9 Fixed quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Fixed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/william-shakespeare-4_felt_where-the-greater-malady-is-fixed-the-le_880099.jpg" --- > [Where the greater malady is fixed, The lesser is scarce felt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/where-the-greater-malady-is-fixed-the-lesser-is-scarce-felt/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/william-shakespeare-4_felt_where-the-greater-malady-is-fixed-the-le_880099.jpg) > [But I am constant as the Northern Star, Of whose true fixed and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/but-i-am-constant-as-the-northern-star-of-whose-true-fixed-and/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/william-shakespeare-4_constant_but-i-am-constant-as-the-northern-star-o_1127630.jpg) > [Fairies, black, grey, green, and white, You moonshine revellers, and shades of night, You orphan heirs of fixed destiny, Attend your office…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/fairies-black-grey-green-and-white-you-moonshine-revellers-and-shades-2/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/william-shakespeare-4_black_fairies-black-grey-green-and-white-you-m_1348602.jpg) > [The wind-shak'd surge, with high and monstrous main, Seems to cast water on the burning Bear, And quench the guards of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-wind-shak-d-surge-with-high-and-monstrous-main-seems-to-cast/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/william-shakespeare-4_bears_the-wind-shak-d-surge-with-high-and-mons_3055591.jpg) > [These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/these-earthly-godfathers-of-heaven-s-lights-that-give-a-name-to-every/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/william-shakespeare-4_astronomy_these-earthly-godfathers-of-heaven-s-lig_1245105.jpg) > [My lord, they say five moons were seen to-night-- Four fixed, and the fifth did whirl about The other four in wondrous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/my-lord-they-say-five-moons-were-seen-to-night-four-fixed-and-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/william-shakespeare-4_astronomy_my-lord-they-say-five-moons-were-seen-to_937729.jpg) > [Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O, no! It is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-not-love-which-alters-when-it-alteration-finds-or-bends-with/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/william-shakespeare-4_alterations_love-is-not-love-which-alters-when-it-al_1662084.jpg) > [From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fixed sentinels almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/from-camp-to-camp-through-the-foul-womb-of-night-the-hum-of-either/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/william-shakespeare-4_answers_from-camp-to-camp-through-the-foul-womb_772372.jpg) > [“Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds-admit-impediments-love-is/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/william-shakespeare-4_bark_let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds_450276.jpg) ## Other authors on Fixed ## 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/fixed/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "9 Fixed Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Where the greater malady is fixed, The lesser is scarce felt.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": 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