William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"POLONIUS: What do you read, my lord? HAMLET: Words, words, words."
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"POLONIUS: What do you read, my lord? HAMLET: Words, words, words."
"This is the very ecstasy of love."
"[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief."
"You cannot, sir, take from me any thing that I will more willingly part withal: except my life, except my life, except my life."
"Will you walk out of the air, my lord? HAMLET Into my grave."
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