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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"Here was a Caesar! When comes such another?"

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"To England will I steal, and there I'll steal."

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"This blessèd plot, this earth, this realm, this England This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, . . . This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land."

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"The seasons change their manners, as the year Had found some months asleep and leapt them over."

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"Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares, And think perchance they'll sell; if not, The lustre of the better yet to show Shall show the better."

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"No villainous bounty yet hath passed my heart; Unwisely, not ignobly, have I given."

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"I myself am best When least in company."

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"There's not a note of mine that's worth the noting."

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"For I can raise no money by vile means."

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"You are made Rather to wonder at the things you hear Than to work any."

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"Thus did I keep my person fresh and new, My presence, like a robe pontifical, Ne'er seen but wondered at, and so my state, Seldom but sumptuous, showed like a feast."

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"The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits."

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"what cannot be saved when fate takes, patience her injury a mockery makes"

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"In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th’ ignorant More learned than the ears."

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"World, world, O world! But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee/ Life would not yield to age."

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"And too soon Marred are those so early Made."

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"Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe."

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