--- title: "5 Lasting Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "5 Lasting quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Lasting sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/william-shakespeare-4_flower_a-violet-in-the-youth-of-primy-nature-fo_180652.jpg" --- > [A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent--sweet, not lasting; The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-violet-in-the-youth-of-primy-nature-forward-not-permanent-sweet-not/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/william-shakespeare-4_flower_a-violet-in-the-youth-of-primy-nature-fo_180652.jpg) > [For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/for-here-i-hope-begins-our-lasting-joy/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/william-shakespeare-4_excitement_for-here-i-hope-begins-our-lasting-joy-1_1930515.jpg) > [This world to me is like a lasting storm,Whirring me from my friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/this-world-to-me-is-like-a-lasting-storm-whirring-me-from-my-friends/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/william-shakespeare-4_friendship_this-world-to-me-is-like-a-lasting-storm_2935410.jpg) > [Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing; To his music, plants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/orpheus-with-his-lute-made-trees-and-the-mountain-tops-that-freeze/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/william-shakespeare-4_art_orpheus-with-his-lute-made-trees-and-the_3001125.jpg) > [Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. \*Love each other in moderation. That is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-moderately-long-love-doth-so-too-swift-arrives-as-tardy-as-too-2/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/william-shakespeare-4_keys_love-moderately-long-love-doth-so-too-sw_3160911.jpg) ## Other authors on Lasting ## 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/lasting/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "5 Lasting Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent--sweet, not lasting; The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-violet-in-the-youth-of-primy-nature-forward-not-permanent-sweet-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/william-shakespeare-4_flower_a-violet-in-the-youth-of-primy-nature-fo_180652.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/william-shakespeare-4_flower_a-violet-in-the-youth-of-primy-nature-fo_180652.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/william-shakespeare-4_flower_a-violet-in-the-youth-of-primy-nature-fo_180652.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent--sweet, not lasting; The perfume and…” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/for-here-i-hope-begins-our-lasting-joy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/william-shakespeare-4_excitement_for-here-i-hope-begins-our-lasting-joy-1_1930515.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/william-shakespeare-4_excitement_for-here-i-hope-begins-our-lasting-joy-1_1930515.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/william-shakespeare-4_excitement_for-here-i-hope-begins-our-lasting-joy-1_1930515.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This world to me is like a lasting storm,Whirring me from my friends.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/this-world-to-me-is-like-a-lasting-storm-whirring-me-from-my-friends/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/william-shakespeare-4_friendship_this-world-to-me-is-like-a-lasting-storm_2935410.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/william-shakespeare-4_friendship_this-world-to-me-is-like-a-lasting-storm_2935410.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/william-shakespeare-4_friendship_this-world-to-me-is-like-a-lasting-storm_2935410.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This world to me is like a lasting storm,Whirring me from my friends.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing; To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring. 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