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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"O! that a man might know The end of this day's business, ere it come; But it sufficeth that the day will end, And then the end is known."

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"All is well ended if this suit be won. That you express content; which we will pay, With strife to please you, day exceeding day."

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"Because I cannot flatter and look fair, Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive, and cog, Duck with French nods and apish courtesy, I must be held a rancorous enemy."

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"Not an angel of the air, Bird melodious or bird fair, Be absent hence!"

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"Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, And young affection gapes to be his heir; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die, With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair."

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"Even so; an't please your worship, Brakenbury, You may partake of any thing we say: We speak no treason, man; we say the King Is wise and virtuous, and his noble queen Well struck in years, fair, and not jealous; We say that Shore's wife hath a pretty foot, A cherry lip, a bonny eye, a passing pleasing tongue; And that the Queen's kindred are made gentlefolks."

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"Fair, kind, and true, have often lived alone."

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"Whose heart the accustom'd sight of death makes hard."

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"Dream on, dream on, of bloody deeds and death."

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"Why, thou owest god a death."

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"Tired with all these, for restful death I cry."

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"On pain of death, no person be so bold."

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"What ugly sights of death within mine eyes!"

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