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 love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true."

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"Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute."

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"Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won?"

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"A breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences."

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"Swear me, Kate, like a lady as thou art, A good mouth-filling oath."

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"Away, you trifler! Love! I love thee not, I care not for thee, Kate: this is no world To play with mammets and to tilt with lips: We must have bloody noses and cracked crowns."

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"I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires."

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"I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another."

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"Their understanding Begins to swell and the approaching tide Will shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy."

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"Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause."

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"From this day forward until the end of the world...we in it shall be remembered...we band of brothers."

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"O powerful love, that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast."

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"No .... holy father, throw away that thought. Believe not that the dribbling dart of love Can pierce a complete bosom."

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