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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"This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, to love that well which thou must leave ere long"

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"Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness."

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"Your praises will become your wages."

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"CLEOPATRA: If it be love indeed, tell me how much. ANTONY: There's beggary in the love that can be reckoned. CLEOPATRA: I'll set a bourne how far to be belov'd. ANTONY: Then must thou needs find out new heaven, new earth."

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"You told a lie, an odious damned lie; Upon my soul, a lie, a wicked lie."

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"Tis much when sceptres are in children's hands, But more when envy breeds unkind division: There comes the ruin, there begins confusion."

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"Good morrow, fair ones; pray you, if you know, Where in the purlieus of this forest stands A sheep-cote fenc'd about with olive trees?"

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"Who is Silvia What is she, That all our swains commend her Holy, fair, and wise is she."

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"She says I am not fair, that I lack manners; She calls me proud, and that she could not love me, Were man as rare as Phoenix."

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"Now the fair goddess, Fortune, Fall deep in love with thee, and her great charms Misguide thy opposers' swords!"

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"And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness!"

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"These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome."

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"Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot."

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"The day shall not be up so soon as I, To try the fair adventure of tomorrow."

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"All the world is a stage and we are merely players."

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"When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner"

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"A lover goes toward his beloved as enthusiastically as a schoolboy leaving his books, but when he leaves his girlfriend, he feels as miserable as the schoolboy on his way to school. (Act 2, scene 2)"

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