--- title: "4 Virgin Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "4 Virgin quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Virgin sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/william-shakespeare-4_time_tis-a-commodity-that-will-lose-the-gloss_443728.jpg" --- > [“Tis a commodity that will lose the gloss with lying; the longer kept, the less worth: off with ’t, while ’tis vendible;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/tis-a-commodity-that-will-lose-the-gloss-with-lying-the-longer-kept/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/william-shakespeare-4_time_tis-a-commodity-that-will-lose-the-gloss_443728.jpg) > [“He that hangs himself is a virgin: virginity murders itself, and should be buried in highways, out of all sanctified limit, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/he-that-hangs-himself-is-a-virgin-virginity-murders-itself-and-should/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/william-shakespeare-4_nature_he-that-hangs-himself-is-a-virgin-virgin_757113.jpg) > [“Virginity being blown down man will quicklier be blown up; marry, in blowing him down again, with the breach yourselves made you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/virginity-being-blown-down-man-will-quicklier-be-blown-up-marry-in/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/william-shakespeare-4_nature_virginity-being-blown-down-man-will-quic_1224532.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) ## Other authors on Virgin - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-branson-78442.jpg) Richard Branson 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virgin/richard-branson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-m-f-moonzajer-244.jpg) M.F. Moonzajer 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virgin/m-f-moonzajer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jessica-valenti-49416.jpg) Jessica Valenti 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virgin/jessica-valenti/) ## 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/virgin/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "4 Virgin Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Tis a commodity that will lose the gloss with lying; the longer kept, the less worth: off with ’t, while ’tis vendible; answer the time of request. 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