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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"Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!"

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"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."

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"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing."

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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."

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"Frame your mind to mirth and merriment which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life."

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"Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things . . . nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance."

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"My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul."

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"Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whilst, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads And recks not his own read."

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"My love is deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, both are infinite."

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"How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!"

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"Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."

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"A good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curl'd pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow: but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun, and not the moon, — for it shines bright, and never changes, but keeps his course truly."

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