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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"My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy."

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"Look on beauty, and you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight; which therein works a miracle in Nature, making them lightest that wear most of it: so are those crisped snaky golden locks which make such wanton gambols with the wind upon supposed fairness, often known to be the dowry of a second head, the skull that bred them in the sepulchre."

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"Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie."

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"The chameleon Love can feed on the air"

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"All of Creation’s a farce. Man was born as a joke. In his head his reason is buffeted Like wind-blown smoke. Life is a game. Everyone ridicules everyone else. But he who has the last laugh Laughs longest."

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"Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others."

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"Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt."

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"When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married."

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"I am a feather for each wind that blows"

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"Affection is a coal that must be cooled; else, suffered, it will set the heart on fire."

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"There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. (Act 1, scene 4)"

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"O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil."

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"Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better."

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"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility."

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