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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"Thrust your head into the public street, to gaze on Christian fools with varnish'd faces."

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"I shall show the cinders of my spirits Through the ashes of my chance."

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"Hung be the heavens with black! Yield, day, to night!"

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"Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds."

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"I am sure, Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is."

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"I would not lose so great an honor As one man more methinks would share with me For the best hope I have."

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"If wishes would prevail with me, my purpose should not fail with me."

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"Let each man do his best."

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"Wilt thou whip thine own faults in other men?"

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"Cowards die many times; a brave man dies but once."

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"What our contempts do often hurl from us, We wish it ours again."

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"Our rash faults Make trivial price of serious thing we have, Not knowing them until we know their grave."

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"They that touch pitch will be defiled."

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"God defend the right."

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"The spirit of a youth That means to be of note, begins betimes."

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"For youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears, Than settled age his sables, and his weeds Importing health and graveness."

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"I am declined Into the vale of years."

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"I would that I were low laid in my grave. I am not worth this coil that's made for me."

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