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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"He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion."

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"And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother"

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"You cannot call it love, for at your age the heyday in the blood is tame"

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"And oft, my jealousy shapes faults that are not."

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"Thy food is such As hath been belch'd on by infected lungs."

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"For to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad?"

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"Though Death be poor, it ends a mortal woe."

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"A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross."

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"A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it."

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"I do repent; but heaven hath pleas'd it so To punish me with this, and this with me, That I must be their scourge and minister. I will bestow him, and will answer well The death I gave him. So again good night. I must be cruel only to be kind. Thus bad begins and worse remains behind."

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"We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them."

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"For there was never yet philosoper That could endure the toothache patiently, However they have writ the style of gods, And made a push at chance and sufferance."

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"Well, I'll repent, and that suddenly, while I am in some liking; I shall be out of heart shortly, and then I shall have no strength to repent."

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"Is he on his horse? O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony!"

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