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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"No evil lost is wailed when it is gone."

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"My father names me Autolycus, who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles."

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"To bed, to bed; sleep kill those pretty eyes, And give as soft attachment to thy senses, As infants empty of all thought."

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"On your eyelids crown the god of sleep, Charming your blood with pleasing heaviness, Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep As is the difference betwixt day and night The hour before the heavenly-harness'd team Begins his golden progress in the east."

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"A harmless necessary cat."

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"He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument."

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"We must every one be a man of his own fancy."

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"All is well ended, if the suit be won."

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"Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste: Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste."

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"The will of man is by his reason sway'd."

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"Therefore it is most expedient for the wise, if Don Worm (his conscience) find no impediment to the contrary, to be the trumpet of his own virtues, as I am to myself."

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"Virtue's office never breaks men's troth."

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"Virtue that transgresses is but patched with sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue."

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"Virtue preserv'd from fell destruction's blast, Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last."

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"While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head."

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"Come not within the measure of my wrath."

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