Let life be short, else shame will be too long. Author: William Shakespeare Copy Quote More from William Shakespeare “The let-alone lies not in your good will.” “Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules, but beware instinct. The lion wi…” “For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my hea…” “The fringed curtains of thine eye advance,And say what thou seest yond.”