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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"I have nothing Of woman in me; now from head to foot I am marble-constant."

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"I charge thee, hence, and do not haunt me thus."

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"For what good turn? Messenger: For the best turn of the bed."

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"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus)"

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"Sweet Beatrice, wouldst thou come when I called thee? BEATRICE Yea, signior, and depart when you bid me. BENEDICK O, stay but till then! BEATRICE 'Then' is spoken; fare you well now... (Much Ado About Nothing)"

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"LEONATO Neighbours, you are tedious. DOGBERRY It pleases your worship to say so, but we are the poor duke's officers; but truly, for mine own part, if I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all of your worship."

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"I would we were all of one mind, and one mind good."

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"All love's pleasure shall not match its woe."

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"Let him smell his way to Dover!"

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"Passion lends them power, time means to meet, tempering extremities with extremes sweet."

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"Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me."

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"Scratching could not make it worse, an't were such a face as yours were."

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"Sir Andrew Ague-Cheek: I'll stay a month longer. I am a fellow o' the strangest mind i' the world; I delight in masques and revels sometimes altogether (He's an oddity in that he enjoys having fun)"

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"He knows what it's like to strut and fret his hour upon the stage and then be heard no more."

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"When you depart from me sorrow abides and happiness takes his leave."

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"If [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening."

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"Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame."

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"I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My figured goblets for a dish of wood, My scepter for a palmer's walking staff My subjects for a pair of carved saints and my large kingdom for a little grave."

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