--- title: "4 Metals Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "4 Metals quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Metals sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/william-shakespeare-4_barren_if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not_190851.jpg" --- > [If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends; for when did friendship take A breed for barren…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not-as-to-thy-friends-for-when/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/william-shakespeare-4_barren_if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not_190851.jpg) > [“Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband. BEATRICE Not till God make men of some other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/well-niece-i-hope-to-see-you-one-day-fitted-with-a-husband-beatrice/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/william-shakespeare-4_accounts_well-niece-i-hope-to-see-you-one-day-fit_601226.jpg) > [It is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve virginity. Loss of virginity is rational increase, and there was never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/it-is-not-politic-in-the-commonwealth-of-nature-to-preserve-virginity/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/william-shakespeare-4_cold_it-is-not-politic-in-the-commonwealth-of_2237033.jpg) > [No metal can--no, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness of thy sharp envy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/no-metal-can-no-not-the-hangman-s-axe-bear-half-the-keenness-of-thy/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/william-shakespeare-4_bears_no-metal-can-no-not-the-hangman-s-axe-be_2239865.jpg) ## Other authors on Metals - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/rick-riordan/) - [Mat McNerney 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/mat-mcnerney/) - [Sybrina Durant 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/sybrina-durant/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bradley-steven-perry-19111.jpg) David Pajo 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/david-pajo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-varg-vikernes-93204.jpg) Varg Vikernes 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/varg-vikernes/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-scott-ian-83653.jpg) Scott Ian 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/scott-ian/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-petrucci-52095.jpg) John Petrucci 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/john-petrucci/) - [Chris Reifert 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/chris-reifert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brian-posehn-19585.jpg) Brian Posehn 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/brian-posehn/) - [Blake Judd 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/blake-judd/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-veronica-roth-93385.jpg) Veronica Roth 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metals/veronica-roth/) ## 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/metals/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "4 Metals Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends; for when did friendship take A breed for barren metal of his friend?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not-as-to-thy-friends-for-when/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/william-shakespeare-4_barren_if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not_190851.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/william-shakespeare-4_barren_if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not_190851.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/906/william-shakespeare-4_barren_if-thou-wilt-lend-this-money-lend-it-not_190851.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends; for when did friendship take A breed for barren…” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband. 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