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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"Write till your ink be dry, and with your tears Moist it again, and frame some feeling line That may discover such integrity."

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"Set honour in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently."

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"Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might. Whoever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight."

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"The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the books of honor razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd"

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"Man and wife, being two, are one in love."

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"Doubt is a thief that often makes us fear to tread where we might have won."

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"What wouldst thou do, old man? Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak When power to flattery bows?"

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"When heaven doth weep, doth not the earth o'erflow? If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad, Threatening the welkin with his big-swollen face?"

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"Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it; and therefore never floutat me for what I have said against it; for man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion."

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"The tempter or the tempted, who sins most? Ha! Not she: nor doth she tempt: but it is I That, lying by the violet in the sun, Do as the carrion does, not as the flower, Corrupt with virtuous season."

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"We make trifles of terrors, Ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, When we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear."

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"Come, swear it, damn thyself, lest, being like one of heaven, the devils themselves should fear to seize thee; therefore be double-damned, swear,--thou art honest."

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"If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed Within the centre."

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"Things at the worst will cease or else climb upward To what they were before."

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"Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day."

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"Where the bee sucks, there suck I In the cow-slip's bell i lie There I couch when owls do cry"

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