William Shakespeare

Playwright, Poet

William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet, renowned for his profound exploration of human emotions in works like 'Hamlet' and 'Othello.'

Born
April 23, 1564
Died
April 23, 1616
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"If little faults proceeding on distemper Shall not be winked at, how shall we stretch our eye When capital crimes, chewed, swallowed, and digested, Appear before us?"

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"Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma or a hideous dream."

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"Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes."

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"Women are angels, wooing: Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing: That she beloved knows naught, that knows not this-- Men prize the thing ungained more than it is."

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"No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns."

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"When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended."

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"But there is no such man; for, brother, men Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief Which they themselves not feel; but, tasting it, Their counsel turns to passion, which before Would give preceptial medicine to rage, Fetter strong madness in a silken thread, Charm ache with air and agony with words."

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"Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind And makes it fearful and degenerate."

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"What's the newest grief? Each minute tunes a new one."

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"Sorrow, like a heavy ringing bell, once set on ringing, with its own weight goes; then little strength rings out the doleful knell."

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"None can cure their harms by wailing them."

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"Grief hath two tongues; and never woman yet Could rule them both without ten women's wit."

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"Great griefs medicine the less."

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"A plague of sighing and grief! It blows a man up like a bladder."

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"A heavier task could not have been impos'd, Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable."

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"Hang those that talk of fear."

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"Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, more longing, wavering, sooner lost and won, than women's are."

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"Most friendship is faining, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho, the holly. This life is most jolly."

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