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title: "8 Leaving Quotes By William Shakespeare"
description: "8 Leaving quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Leaving sayings from other authors."
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> [A lover goes toward his beloved as enthusiastically as a schoolboy leaving his books, but when he leaves his girlfriend, he feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-lover-goes-toward-his-beloved-as-enthusiastically-as-a-schoolboy/)

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

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> [Nothing in his life became him like leaving it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/nothing-in-his-life-became-him-like-leaving-it/)

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

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> [“Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/nothing-in-his-life-became-him-like-the-leaving-it/)

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

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> [My free drift Halts not particularly, but moves itself In a wide sea of wax; no levelled malice Infects one comma in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/my-free-drift-halts-not-particularly-but-moves-itself-in-a-wide-sea/)

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

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> [But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/but-flies-an-eagle-flight-bold-and-forth-on-leaving-no-tract-behind/)

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

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> [. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/nothing-in-his-life-became-him-like-the-leaving-it-he-died-as-one/)

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

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> [Myself--a prince by fortune of my birth, Near to the king in blood, and near in love Till you did make him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/myself-a-prince-by-fortune-of-my-birth-near-to-the-king-in-blood-and/)

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

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> [Who alone suffers suffers most i' th' mind, Leaving free things and happy shows behind; But then the mind much sufferance doth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/who-alone-suffers-suffers-most-i-th-mind-leaving-free-things-and/)

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

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## Other authors on Leaving

## 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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