--- title: "4 Goddess Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "4 Goddess quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Goddess sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/william-shakespeare-4_cherries_o-helena-goddess-nymph-perfect-divine-to_152073.jpg" --- > [O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne? Crystal is muddy. O, how ripe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-helena-goddess-nymph-perfect-divine-to-what-my-love-shall-i-compare/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/william-shakespeare-4_cherries_o-helena-goddess-nymph-perfect-divine-to_152073.jpg) > [Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/spirits-are-not-finely-touched-but-to-fine-issues-nor-nature-never/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/william-shakespeare-4_creditors_spirits-are-not-finely-touched-but-to-fi_1138047.jpg) > [Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thyself-and-thy-belongings-are-not-thine-own-so-proper-as-to-waste/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/william-shakespeare-4_belonging_thyself-and-thy-belongings-are-not-thine_1139516.jpg) > [Now the fair goddess, Fortune, Fall deep in love with thee, and her great charms Misguide thy opposers' swords!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/now-the-fair-goddess-fortune-fall-deep-in-love-with-thee-and-her/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/william-shakespeare-4_charm_now-the-fair-goddess-fortune-fall-deep-i_1816285.jpg) ## Other authors on Goddess - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/rick-riordan/) - [Bangambiki Habyarimana 30 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/bangambiki-habyarimana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-josephine-angelini-53522.jpg) Josephine Angelini 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/josephine-angelini/) - [Emma Mildon 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/emma-mildon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-starhawk-86718.jpg) Starhawk 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/starhawk/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-abdullah-ibn-mubarak-8882.jpg) Munindra Misra 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/munindra-misra/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-homer-42227.jpg) Homer 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/homer/) - [Carol P. Christ 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/carol-p-christ/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marion-zimmer-bradley-63995.jpg) Marion Zimmer Bradley 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/marion-zimmer-bradley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roseanne-barr-81320.jpg) Roseanne Barr 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/roseanne-barr/) ## 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/goddess/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "4 Goddess Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine! To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne? Crystal is muddy. 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