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title: "8 Prize Quotes By William Shakespeare"
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> [Women are angels, wooing: Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing: That she beloved knows naught, that knows not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/women-are-angels-wooing-things-won-are-done-joy-s-soul-lies-in-the/)

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

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> [Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/knowing-i-lov-d-my-books-he-furnish-d-me-from-mine-own-library-with/)

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

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> [You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate As reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prize As the dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/you-common-cry-of-curs-whose-breath-i-hate-as-reek-o-the-rotten-fens/)

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

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> [Men prize the thing ungained more than it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/men-prize-the-thing-ungained-more-than-it-is/)

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

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> [The prize of all too precious you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-prize-of-all-too-precious-you/)

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

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> [For it falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/for-it-falls-out-that-what-we-have-we-prize-not-to-the-worth-whiles/)

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

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> [...lest too light winning make the prize light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/lest-too-light-winning-make-the-prize-light/)

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

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> [It is war's prize to take all vantages; And ten to one is no impeach of valor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/it-is-war-s-prize-to-take-all-vantages-and-ten-to-one-is-no-impeach/)

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

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## 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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