William Shakespeare

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.'

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Born
April 23, 1564
Died
April 23, 1616
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"Be like you thought our love would last too long, if it were chain'd together"

Love Long Together
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"By heaven, I do love: and it hath taught me to rhyme, and to be mekancholy."

Love Heaven Taught
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"Love thrives not in the heart that shadows dreadeth"

Love Heart Shadow
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"Against love's fire fear`s frost hath dissolution"

Love Fire Frost
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"A sad tale's best for winter. I have one of sprites and goblins."

Winter Tales Goblin
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"Let men say we be men of good government, being governed, as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we steal."

Moon Men Sea
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"Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a thrifty goddess she determines Herself the glory of a creditor,Both thanks and use."

Issues Excellence Use
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"This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas; And utters it again when God doth please: He is wit's pedler; and retails his wares."

Pigeons Peas Wit
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"Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court."

Kings Crowns Temples
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"An habitation giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart."

Heart People Vulgar
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"The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet."

Sweet Lasts Pleasure
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"What Time hath scanted men in hair, he hath given them in wit."

Men Hair Given
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"I may command where I adore."

Love May Adore
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"What have we here? a man or a fish? dead or alive? A fish: he smells like a fish; a very ancient and fishlike smell; a kind of not of the newest poor-John. A strange fish!"

Men Lakes Sea
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"All the world's a stage ... and you better have a zoning variance or it's coming down."

World Stage Variance
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"Love's fire heats water, water cools not love."

Fire Water Heat
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"Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle."

Uncles Grace
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"Men that make Envy and crooked malice nourishment, Dare bite the best."

Men Envy Dare
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"A rotten case abides no handling."

Rotten Cases
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