--- title: "7 Swearing Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "7 Swearing quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Swearing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/william-shakespeare-4_blasphemy_that-in-the-captains-but-a-choleric-word_188142.jpg" --- > [That in the captains but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/that-in-the-captains-but-a-choleric-word-which-in-the-soldier-is-flat/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/william-shakespeare-4_blasphemy_that-in-the-captains-but-a-choleric-word_188142.jpg) > [When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-a-gentlemen-is-disposed-to-swear-it-is-not-for-any-standers-by/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/william-shakespeare-4_gentleman_when-a-gentlemen-is-disposed-to-swear-it_589543.jpg) > [A whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-whoreson-jackanapes-must-take-me-up-for-swearing-as-if-i-borrowed/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/william-shakespeare-4_borrowed_a-whoreson-jackanapes-must-take-me-up-fo_844293.jpg) > [I'll be damned for never a king's son in Christendom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-ll-be-damned-for-never-a-king-s-son-in-christendom/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/william-shakespeare-4_christendom_i-ll-be-damned-for-never-a-king-s-son-in_1562087.jpg) > [“Riotous madness, To be entangled with those mouth-made vows, Which break themselves in swearing!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/riotous-madness-to-be-entangled-with-those-mouth-made-vows-which/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/william-shakespeare-4_vows_riotous-madness-to-be-entangled-with-tho_1896360.jpg) > [It comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/it-comes-to-pass-oft-that-a-terrible-oath-with-a-swaggering-accent/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/william-shakespeare-4_accents_it-comes-to-pass-oft-that-a-terrible-oat_2471732.jpg) > [“That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/that-in-the-captain-s-but-a-choleric-word-which-in-the-soldier-is/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/william-shakespeare-4_anger_that-in-the-captain-s-but-a-choleric-wor_2600360.jpg) ## Other authors on Swearing - [Mark Twain 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/swearing/mark-twain/) ## 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/swearing/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "7 Swearing Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That in the captains but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/that-in-the-captains-but-a-choleric-word-which-in-the-soldier-is-flat/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/william-shakespeare-4_blasphemy_that-in-the-captains-but-a-choleric-word_188142.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/william-shakespeare-4_blasphemy_that-in-the-captains-but-a-choleric-word_188142.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/william-shakespeare-4_blasphemy_that-in-the-captains-but-a-choleric-word_188142.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That in the captains but a choleric word Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-a-gentlemen-is-disposed-to-swear-it-is-not-for-any-standers-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/william-shakespeare-4_gentleman_when-a-gentlemen-is-disposed-to-swear-it_589543.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/william-shakespeare-4_gentleman_when-a-gentlemen-is-disposed-to-swear-it_589543.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/william-shakespeare-4_gentleman_when-a-gentlemen-is-disposed-to-swear-it_589543.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my pleasure. 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