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title: "8 Frailty Quotes By William Shakespeare"
description: "8 Frailty quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Frailty sayings from other authors."
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> [Alas, our frailty is the cause , not we! For, such as we are made of, such we be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/alas-our-frailty-is-the-cause-not-we-for-such-as-we-are-made-of-such/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/sometimes-we-are-devils-to-ourselves-when-we-will-tempt-the-frailty/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/neither-a-borrower-nor-a-lender-be-for-loan-oft-loses-both-itself-and-2/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Alas, the frailty is to blame, not we For such as we are made of, such we be](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/alas-the-frailty-is-to-blame-not-we-for-such-as-we-are-made-of-such/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-seest-i-have-more-flesh-than-another-man-and-therefore-more/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [The summer's flow'r is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die' But if that flow'r with base…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-summer-s-flow-r-is-to-the-summer-sweet-though-to-itself-it-only/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Frailty, thy name is woman!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/frailty-thy-name-is-woman/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [“Have not we affections and desires for sport, and frailty, as men have?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-not-we-affections-and-desires-for-sport-and-frailty-as-men-have/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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## Other authors on Frailty

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-steinbeck-52314.jpg) John Steinbeck 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/frailty/john-steinbeck/)

## 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/)

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