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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"Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall."

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"Are you sure/That we are awake? It seems to me/That yet we sleep, we dream"

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"Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm."

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"Most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath."

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"Good with out evil is like light with out darkness which in turn is like righteousness whith out hope."

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"The worm is not to be trusted."

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"This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven."

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"Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits."

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"I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange with-out heresy."

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"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?"

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"wert thou as far As that vast shore washed with the farthest sea, I would adventure for such merchandise."

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"O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience."

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"O, the difference of man and man! To thee a woman's services are due."

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"I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood"."

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"Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on."

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