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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"A hundred thousand welcomes: I could weep, And I could laugh; I am light and heavy: Welcome."

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"Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine."

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"It is war's prize to take all vantages; And ten to one is no impeach of valor."

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"Now all the youth of England are on fire, And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies; Now thrive the armorers, and honor's thought Reigns solely in the breast of every man."

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"Virtue is beauty, but the beauteous evil. Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devil."

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"For 'tis the sport to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar; and't shall go hard But I will delve one yard below their mines And blow them at the moon."

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"A pal is one that is aware you while you are, understands where you have already been, accepts whatever you are becoming, and continue to, carefully means that you can develop."

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"It is certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught as men take diseases, one of another."

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"That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself."

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"Were it good To set the exact wealth of all our states All at one cast? to set so rich a main On the nice hazard of one doubtful hour? It were not good."

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"The undeserver may sleep when the man of action is called on."

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"Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue but moody and dull melancholy, kinsman to grim and comfortless despair."

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"To persist in doing wrong extenuates not the wrong, but makes it much more heavy."

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"My heart suspects more than mine eye can see."

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"Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor; for 'tis the mind that makes the body rich"

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"It easeth some, though none it ever cured, to think their dolour others have endured."

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"How hard it is for women to keep counsel!"

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