--- title: "19 Merry Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "19 Merry quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Merry sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/william-shakespeare-4_long_as-merry-as-the-day-is-long-656927_656927.jpg" --- > [As merry as the day is long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/as-merry-as-the-day-is-long/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/william-shakespeare-4_long_as-merry-as-the-day-is-long-656927_656927.jpg) > [Lack nothing: be merry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/lack-nothing-be-merry/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/william-shakespeare-4_famous-love_lack-nothing-be-merry-1235717_1235717.jpg) > [I am that merry wanderer of the night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-am-that-merry-wanderer-of-the-night/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/william-shakespeare-4_dead-poets_i-am-that-merry-wanderer-of-the-night-92_923753.jpg) > [Heaven give you many, many merry days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/heaven-give-you-many-many-merry-days/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/william-shakespeare-4_anniversary_heaven-give-you-many-many-merry-days-778_77808.jpg) > [This is the short and the long of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/this-is-the-short-and-the-long-of-it/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/william-shakespeare-4_inspirational_this-is-the-short-and-the-long-of-it-277_2778152.jpg) > [I am never merry when I hear sweet music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-am-never-merry-when-i-hear-sweet-music/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/william-shakespeare-4_merchant-of-venice_i-am-never-merry-when-i-hear-sweet-music_2540786.jpg) > [Against ill chances men are ever merry, But heaviness foreruns the good event.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/against-ill-chances-men-are-ever-merry-but-heaviness-foreruns-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/william-shakespeare-4_anticipation_against-ill-chances-men-are-ever-merry-b_2440640.jpg) > [A merry heart goes all the way, - A sad one tires inan hour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-merry-heart-goes-all-the-way-a-sad-one-tires-inan-hour/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/william-shakespeare-4_famous-inspirational_a-merry-heart-goes-all-the-way-a-sad-one_1872869.jpg) > [To be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/to-be-merry-best-becomes-you-for-out-of-question-you-were-born-in-a/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/william-shakespeare-4_born_to-be-merry-best-becomes-you-for-out-of_3098488.jpg) > [Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/fortune-is-merry-and-in-this-mood-will-give-us-anything/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/william-shakespeare-4_fortune_fortune-is-merry-and-in-this-mood-will-g_1591357.jpg) > [Twas never merry world Since lowly feigning was called compliment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/twas-never-merry-world-since-lowly-feigning-was-called-compliment/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/william-shakespeare-4_compliment_twas-never-merry-world-since-lowly-feign_710867.jpg) > [Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-mak-st-me-merry-i-am-full-of-pleasure-let-us-be-jocund/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/william-shakespeare-4_joy_thou-mak-st-me-merry-i-am-full-of-pleasu_1403621.jpg) > [Be merry; you have cause, so have we all, of joy; for our escape is much beyond our loss . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/be-merry-you-have-cause-so-have-we-all-of-joy-for-our-escape-is-much/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/william-shakespeare-4_causes_be-merry-you-have-cause-so-have-we-all-o_188668.jpg) > ['Twas merry when You wagered on your angling, when your diver Did hang a salt fish on his hook, which he With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/twas-merry-when-you-wagered-on-your-angling-when-your-diver-did-hang/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/william-shakespeare-4_angling_twas-merry-when-you-wagered-on-your-angl_2598430.jpg) > [What should a man do but be merry? For look you how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within's two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/what-should-a-man-do-but-be-merry-for-look-you-how-cheerfully-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/william-shakespeare-4_died_what-should-a-man-do-but-be-merry-for-lo_539690.jpg) > [I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-had-rather-have-a-fool-to-make-me-merry-than-experience-to-make-me-2/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/william-shakespeare-4_fool_i-had-rather-have-a-fool-to-make-me-merr_2709045.jpg) > [Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts To courtship and such fair ostents of love As shall conveniently become you there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/be-merry-and-employ-your-chiefest-thoughts-to-courtship-and-such-fair/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/william-shakespeare-4_courtship_be-merry-and-employ-your-chiefest-though_2223710.jpg) > [And to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/and-to-be-merry-best-becomes-you-for-out-of-question-you-were-born-in/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/william-shakespeare-4_born_and-to-be-merry-best-becomes-you-for-out_819274.jpg) > [“When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bears logs into the hall, And milk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-icicles-hang-by-the-wall-and-dick-the-shepherd-blows-his-nail/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/william-shakespeare-4_spring_when-icicles-hang-by-the-wall-and-dick-t_893432.jpg) ## Other authors on Merry - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/merry/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jrr-tolkien-53849.jpg) J.R.R. Tolkien 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/merry/j-r-r-tolkien/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-washington-irving-94596.jpg) Washington Irving 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/merry/washington-irving/) - [Kamand Kojouri 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/merry/kamand-kojouri/) ## 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/merry/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "19 Merry Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As merry as the day is long.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": 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