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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"My cake is dough, but I'll in among the rest, Out of hope of all but my share of the feast."

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"He that keeps not crust nor crum Weary of all, shall want some."

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"If you love an addle egg as well as you love an idle head, you would eat chickens i' th' shell."

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"The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th' bottom of the worst."

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"Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion."

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"Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair."

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"But as the unthought-on accident is guilty To what we wildly do, so we profess Ourselves to be the slaves of chance, and flies Of every wind that blows."

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"Should all despair That have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind Would hang themselves."

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"Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two rascals can be ten times as vicious as one."

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"All gold and silver rather turn to dirt, An 'tis no better reckoned but of these Who worship dirty gods."

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"And either victory, or else a grave."

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"Know my name is lost, By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit; Yet am I noble as the adversary I come to cope."

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"Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes; For treason is but trusted like the fox, Who, ne'er so tame, so cherished and locked up, Will have a wild trick of his ancestors."

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"So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown When judges have been babes; great floods have flown From simple sources, and great seas have dried When miracles have by the greatest been denied."

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"Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn but I shall have my pocket picked?"

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"Methinks a father Is at the nuptial of his son a guest That best becomes the table."

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