--- title: "4 Silly Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "4 Silly quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Silly sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/william-shakespeare-4_cheating_my-revenue-is-the-silly-cheat-1476595_1476595.jpg" --- > [My revenue is the silly cheat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/my-revenue-is-the-silly-cheat/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/william-shakespeare-4_cheating_my-revenue-is-the-silly-cheat-1476595_1476595.jpg) > [Love is blind, it stops lovers seeing the silly things they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-blind-it-stops-lovers-seeing-the-silly-things-they-do/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/william-shakespeare-4_blind_love-is-blind-it-stops-lovers-seeing-the_1538200.jpg) > [Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/gives-not-the-hawthorn-bush-a-sweeter-shade-to-shepherds-looking-on/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/william-shakespeare-4_canopy_gives-not-the-hawthorn-bush-a-sweeter-sh_1608367.jpg) > [This is some fellow, Who having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness and constrains the garb Quite from his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/this-is-some-fellow-who-having-been-prais-d-for-bluntness-doth-affect/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/william-shakespeare-4_bluntness_this-is-some-fellow-who-having-been-prai_1650576.jpg) ## Other authors on Silly - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-groucho-marx-39563.jpg) Groucho Marx 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/groucho-marx/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-austen-47065.jpg) Jane Austen 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/jane-austen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lord-chesterfield-61094.jpg) Lord Chesterfield 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/lord-chesterfield/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-walser-10195.jpg) Asli 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/asli/) - [ ![](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/silly/veronica-roth/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-margaret-mitchell-63442.jpg) Margaret Mitchell 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/margaret-mitchell/) - [Lemony Snicket 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/lemony-snicket/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jack-kerouac-45445.jpg) Jack Kerouac 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/silly/jack-kerouac/) ## 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/silly/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "4 Silly Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My revenue is the silly cheat", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/my-revenue-is-the-silly-cheat/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/william-shakespeare-4_cheating_my-revenue-is-the-silly-cheat-1476595_1476595.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/william-shakespeare-4_cheating_my-revenue-is-the-silly-cheat-1476595_1476595.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/william-shakespeare-4_cheating_my-revenue-is-the-silly-cheat-1476595_1476595.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My revenue is the silly cheat” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is blind, it stops lovers seeing the silly things they do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-blind-it-stops-lovers-seeing-the-silly-things-they-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/william-shakespeare-4_blind_love-is-blind-it-stops-lovers-seeing-the_1538200.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/william-shakespeare-4_blind_love-is-blind-it-stops-lovers-seeing-the_1538200.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/william-shakespeare-4_blind_love-is-blind-it-stops-lovers-seeing-the_1538200.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love is blind, it stops lovers seeing the silly things they do.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings that fear their subjects treachery?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/gives-not-the-hawthorn-bush-a-sweeter-shade-to-shepherds-looking-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/william-shakespeare-4_canopy_gives-not-the-hawthorn-bush-a-sweeter-sh_1608367.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/william-shakespeare-4_canopy_gives-not-the-hawthorn-bush-a-sweeter-sh_1608367.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/william-shakespeare-4_canopy_gives-not-the-hawthorn-bush-a-sweeter-sh_1608367.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich…” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is some fellow, Who having been prais'd for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness and constrains the garb Quite from his nature: he can't flatter, he! 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