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title: "16 Late Quotes By William Shakespeare"
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> [Too early seen unknown, and known too late!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/too-early-seen-unknown-and-known-too-late/)

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

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> [Better three hours too soon, than one hour to late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/better-three-hours-too-soon-than-one-hour-to-late/)

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

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> [Preferred three hours quicker over one moment late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/preferred-three-hours-quicker-over-one-moment-late/)

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

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> [“I am glad I was up so late, for that's the reason I was up so early.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-am-glad-i-was-up-so-late-for-that-s-the-reason-i-was-up-so-early/)

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

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> [“Afore me! It is so very late, That we may call it early by and by.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/afore-me-it-is-so-very-late-that-we-may-call-it-early-by-and-by/)

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

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> [Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/better-three-hours-too-soon-than-a-minute-too-late/)

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

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> [“But I know to be up late is to be up late”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/but-i-know-to-be-up-late-is-to-be-up-late/)

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

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> [I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-have-of-late-but-wherefore-i-know-not-lost-all-my-mirth-forgone-all/)

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

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> [But love that comes too late, Like a remorseful pardon slowly carried, To the great sender turns a sour offense, Crying, 'That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/but-love-that-comes-too-late-like-a-remorseful-pardon-slowly-carried/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/william-shakespeare-4_cry_but-love-that-comes-too-late-like-a-remo_2946332.jpg)

> [When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-remedies-are-past-the-griefs-are-ended-by-seeing-the-worst-which-2/)

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

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> [Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness And show of love as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/brutus-i-do-observe-you-now-of-late-i-have-not-from-your-eyes-that/)

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

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> [That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/that-time-of-year-thou-mayst-in-me-behold-when-yellow-leaves-or-none-2/)

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

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> [Look, the world's comforter, with weary gait, His day's hot task hath ended in the west: The owl, night's herald, shrieks-'tis very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/look-the-world-s-comforter-with-weary-gait-his-day-s-hot-task-hath/)

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

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> [O my good lord, that comfort comes too late, 'Tis like a pardon after execution. That gentle physic, given in time, had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-my-good-lord-that-comfort-comes-too-late-tis-like-a-pardon-after/)

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

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> [Day, night, late, early, At home, abroad, alone, in company, Waking or sleeping, still my care hath been To have her match'd;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/day-night-late-early-at-home-abroad-alone-in-company-waking-or/)

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

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> [to early seen unknown...and known to late](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/to-early-seen-unknown-and-known-to-late/)

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

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## Other authors on Late

## 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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                        "text": "Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness And show of love as I was wont to have: You bear too stubborn and too strange a hand Over your friend that loves you. Poor Brutus, with himself at war, Forgets the shows of love to other men.",
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                        "text": "That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest the twilight of such day, As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by-and-by black night doth take away...",
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                        "text": "O my good lord, that comfort comes too late, 'Tis like a pardon after execution. That gentle physic, given in time, had cured me; But now I am past all comforts here but prayers.",
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                        "text": "Day, night, late, early, At home, abroad, alone, in company, Waking or sleeping, still my care hath been To have her match'd; and having now provided A gentleman of princely parentage, Of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly train'd, Stuff'd, as they say, with honourable parts, Proportion'd as one's thought would wish a man- And then to have a wretched puling fool, A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender, To answer 'I'll not wed, I cannot love; I am too young, I pray you pardon me'!",
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