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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"For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood."

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"When faced with a sea of troubles, take action, and in so doing end it."

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"Yea from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records."

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"Let not the world see fear and sad distrust govern the motion of a kingly eye."

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"To have seen much and to have nothing is to have rich eyes and poor hands."

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"A man should be what he seems."

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"It is the cowish terror of his spirit that dares not undertake; he'll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answer."

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"Honor's thought Reigns solely in the breast of every man."

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"Ne'er ask me what raiment I'll wear, for I have no more doublets than backs, no more stockings than legs, nor no more shoes than feet--nay, sometime more feet than shoes, or such shoes as my toes look through the overleather."

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"Crowns in my purse I have, and goods at home, And so am come abroad to see the world."

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"This is no time to lend money, especially upon bare friendship without security."

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"They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof."

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"I have heard it said There is an art which in their piedness shares With great creating nature."

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"A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain,... makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes."

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"My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires. Yet filed with my abilities."

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"I heard a bustling rumor like a fray, And the wind blows it from the Capitol."

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"Nay, we must think men are not gods, Nor of them look for such observancy As fits the bridal."

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