Grieving Quotes by William Shakespeare

I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving.

— William Shakespeare

Grief makes one hour ten.

— William Shakespeare

Tears water our growth.

— William Shakespeare

Why, I can smile and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'content' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks…

— William Shakespeare

To weep is to make less the depth of grief.

— William Shakespeare

“Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband. BEATRICE Not till God make men of some other…

— William Shakespeare

So may I, blind fortune leading me, Miss that which one unworthier may attain, And die with grieving.

— William Shakespeare

What my tongue dares not that my heart shall say

— William Shakespeare

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.

— William Shakespeare

Though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve.

— William Shakespeare

Is there no pity sitting in the clouds, That sees into the bottom of my grief?

— William Shakespeare

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight…

— William Shakespeare

Would it not grieve a woman to be over-mastered by a piece of valiant dust? to make an account of her life…

— William Shakespeare

My grief lies onward, and my joy behind.

— William Shakespeare