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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"There's nothing in this world can make me joy."

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"Women may fail when there is no strength in man"

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"Make the upcoming hour overflow with joy, and let pleasure drown the brim."

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"The proverb is something musty."

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"A beggar's book outworths a noble's blood."

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"The love of wicked men converts to fear; That fear to hate, and hate turns one or both To worthy danger and deserved death."

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"Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth; the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct. All these you may avoid but the Lie Direct; and you may avoid that too, with an If. . . . Your If is the only peace-maker; much virtue in If."

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"Every inordinate cup is unbless'd, and the ingredient is a devil."

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"In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. -Sonnet 73"

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""Lawyers Are": Perilous mouths."

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"But thou art fair, and at thy birth, dear boy, Nature and Fortune join'd to make thee great: Of Nature's gifts thou mayst with lilies boast, And with the half-blown rose; but Fortune, O!"

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"No man's pie is freed From his ambitious finger."

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"He that has a house to put's head in has a good head-piece."

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"This making of Christians will raise the price of hogs."

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"More fools know Jack Fool than Jack Fool knows."

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"Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes."

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"I was too young that time to value her, But now I know her. If she be a traitor, Why, so am I. We still have slept together, Rose at an instant, learned, played, eat together, And wheresoe'er we went, like Juno's swans, Still we went coupled and inseparable."

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"As there comes light from heaven and words from breath, As there is sense in truth and truth in virtue"

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