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 go, I go, look how I go, swifter than an arrow from a bow"

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"... the spring, the summer, The chilling autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries; and the mazed world By their increase, now knows not which is which."

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"No place indeed should murder sanctuarize; Revenge should have no bounds."

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"Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? - Lady Macbeth"

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"All furnished, all in arms; All plum'd like estridges that with the wind Bated like eagles having lately bathed; Glittering in golden coats like images; As full of spirit as the month of May And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls."

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"What freezings I have felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness everywhere!"

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"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."

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"Lay aside life-harming heaviness, And entertain a cheerful disposition."

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"Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us?"

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"He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself."

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"Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light."

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"It is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which shackles accidents and bolts up change."

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"Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, could ever hear by tale or history, the course of true love never did run smooth."

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"We should hold day with the Antipodes, If you would walk in absence of the sun."

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