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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"We are ready to try our fortunes to the last man."

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"But I will be, A bridegroom in my death, and run into't As to a lover's bed."

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"The end crowns all, And that old common arbitrator, Time, Will one day end it."

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"The whirligig of time brings in his revenges."

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"Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest."

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"That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence."

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"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love... 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet."

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"... And death unloads thee."

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"The sense of death is most in apprehension, And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies."

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"That is the way to lay the city flat, To bring the roof to the foundation, And bury all, which yet distinctly ranges, In heaps and piles of ruin."

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"O Ceremony, show me but thy worth? What is thy soul of adoration? Art thou aught else but place, degree, and form, Creating awe and fear in other men?"

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"Who soars too near the sun, with golden wings, melts them."

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"To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience, and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation: To this point I stand,-- That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I'll be reveng'd."

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"Experience teacheth us That resolution 's a sole help at need: And this, my lord, our honour teacheth us, That we be bold in every enterprise: Then since there is no way, but fight or die, Be resolute, my lord, for victory."

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"Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire, Begin it with weak straws."

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"The cat will mew, and dog will have his day."

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"O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant."

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"Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit, And, in strong proff of chastity well armed, From Love's weak childish bow she lives uncharmed. She will not stay the siege of loving terms, Nor bide th' encounter of assailing eyes, Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold. O, she is rich in beauty; only poor That, when she dies, with dies her store. Act 1,Scene 1, lines 180-197"

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