--- title: "2 Good men Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "2 Good men quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Good men sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/william-shakespeare-4_good-men_tis-good-for-men-to-love-their-present-p_463572.jpg" --- > [“Tis good for men to love their present pains Upon example; so the spirit is eas'd : And when the mind is quicken'd, out of doubt The organs, though defunct and dead before, Break up their drowsy grave, and newly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/tis-good-for-men-to-love-their-present-pains-upon-example-so-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/william-shakespeare-4_good-men_tis-good-for-men-to-love-their-present-p_463572.jpg) > [There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/there-live-not-three-good-men-unhanged-in-england-and-one-of-them-is/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/william-shakespeare-4_england_there-live-not-three-good-men-unhanged-i_1218600.jpg) ## Other authors on Good men - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edmund-burke-31567.jpg) Edmund Burke 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-men/edmund-burke/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-men/plato/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-theodore-roosevelt-90083.jpg) Theodore Roosevelt 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-men/theodore-roosevelt/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-men/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-milton-51960.jpg) John Milton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-men/john-milton/) - [Aristotle 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-men/aristotle/) ## 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/good-men/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "2 Good men Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Tis good for men to love their present pains Upon example; so the spirit is eas'd : And when the mind is quicken'd, out of doubt The organs, though defunct and dead before, Break up their drowsy grave, and newly move With casted slough and fresh legerity.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/tis-good-for-men-to-love-their-present-pains-upon-example-so-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/william-shakespeare-4_good-men_tis-good-for-men-to-love-their-present-p_463572.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/william-shakespeare-4_good-men_tis-good-for-men-to-love-their-present-p_463572.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/william-shakespeare-4_good-men_tis-good-for-men-to-love-their-present-p_463572.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Tis good for men to love their present pains Upon example; so the spirit is eas'd : And when the mind is…” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/there-live-not-three-good-men-unhanged-in-england-and-one-of-them-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/william-shakespeare-4_england_there-live-not-three-good-men-unhanged-i_1218600.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/william-shakespeare-4_england_there-live-not-three-good-men-unhanged-i_1218600.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/william-shakespeare-4_england_there-live-not-three-good-men-unhanged-i_1218600.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-men/william-shakespeare/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-men/william-shakespeare/", "name": "Good men Quotes by William Shakespeare", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-men/william-shakespeare/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/william-shakespeare-4_good-men_tis-good-for-men-to-love-their-present-p_463572.jpg" }, "description": "2 Good men quotes by William Shakespeare. 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