| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.32 | You shall outlive the lady whom you serve. | You shall out-liue the Lady whom you serue. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.141 | man's memory may outlive his life half a year. But, by'r | mans Memorie, may out-liue his life halfe a yeare: But |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.66 | If he outlive the envy of this day, | If he out-liue the enuie of this day, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.256 | outlive performance? | out-liue performance? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.179 | outlive that day to see His greatness, and to teach others | out-liue that day, to see his Greatnesse, and to teach others |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.30 | But him outlive, and die a violent death. | But him out-liue, and dye a violent death. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.59 | But him outlive and die a violent death. | But him out-liue, and dye a violent death. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.60 | Unwilling to outlive the good that did it; | Vnwilling to out-liue the good that did it. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.157 | Should outlive Caesar. We shall find of him | Should out-liue Casar, we shall finde of him |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.266 | To let the wretched man outlive his wealth | To let the wretched man out-liue his wealth, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.243 | But why should honour outlive honesty? | But why should Honor out-liue Honesty? |
| Pericles | Per V.i.14 | And you, to outlive the age I am, | And you to out-liue the age I am, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.202 | Outlive thy glory, like my wretched self! | Out-liue thy glory, like my wretched selfe: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.170 | Lavinia, live, outlive thy father's days | Lauinia liue, out-liue thy Fathers dayes: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.132 | Let not this wasp outlive, us both to sting. | Let not this Waspe out-liue vs both to sting. |