--- title: "4 Thy Father Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "4 Thy Father quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Thy Father sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/william-shakespeare-4_dignity_full-fathom-five-thy-father-lies-1595412_1595412.jpg" --- > [Full fathom five thy father lies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/full-fathom-five-thy-father-lies/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/william-shakespeare-4_dignity_full-fathom-five-thy-father-lies-1595412_1595412.jpg) > [I am thy father's spirit; Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night And, for the day, confin'd to fast in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-am-thy-father-s-spirit-doom-d-for-a-certain-term-to-walk-the-night/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/william-shakespeare-4_certain_i-am-thy-father-s-spirit-doom-d-for-a-ce_2131025.jpg) > [I am thy father's spirit, Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-am-thy-father-s-spirit-doomed-for-a-certain-term-to-walk-the-night/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/william-shakespeare-4_flesh-and-blood_i-am-thy-father-s-spirit-doomed-for-a-ce_2172756.jpg) > [Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/full-fathom-five-thy-father-lies-of-his-bones-are-coral-made-those/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/william-shakespeare-4_bells_full-fathom-five-thy-father-lies-of-his_2422370.jpg) ## 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/thy-father/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "4 Thy Father Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Full fathom five thy father lies", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/full-fathom-five-thy-father-lies/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/william-shakespeare-4_dignity_full-fathom-five-thy-father-lies-1595412_1595412.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/william-shakespeare-4_dignity_full-fathom-five-thy-father-lies-1595412_1595412.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/william-shakespeare-4_dignity_full-fathom-five-thy-father-lies-1595412_1595412.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Full fathom five thy father lies” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am thy father's spirit; Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night And, for the day, confin'd to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burnt and purg'd away.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-am-thy-father-s-spirit-doom-d-for-a-certain-term-to-walk-the-night/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/william-shakespeare-4_certain_i-am-thy-father-s-spirit-doom-d-for-a-ce_2131025.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/william-shakespeare-4_certain_i-am-thy-father-s-spirit-doom-d-for-a-ce_2131025.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/william-shakespeare-4_certain_i-am-thy-father-s-spirit-doom-d-for-a-ce_2131025.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am thy father's spirit; Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night And, for the day, confin'd to fast in…” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am thy father's spirit, Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away. 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