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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"The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us."

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"When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy, over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king."

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"Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true."

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"Never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it."

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"Bait the hook well. This fish will bite."

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"Many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak."

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"He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous."

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"Is there no pity sitting in the clouds, That sees into the bottom of my grief?"

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"For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise."

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"This passion, and the death of a dear friend, would go near to make a man look sad."

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"There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers."

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"Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste."

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"I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss."

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