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William Shakespeare

(1564–1616) Stage Actor Kingdom of England

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William Shakespeare was a stage actor from the Kingdom of England, best known for Hamlet.

Quick Facts About William Shakespeare

Born: April 1, 1564
Died: May 3, 1616
Nationality: Kingdom of England
Profession: Stage Actor
Notable works: Hamlet
Known for: Othello, Hamlet, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest
Spouse: Anne Hathaway

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by William Shakespeare · Page 82

Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.

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Courtesy

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[Thine] face is not worth sunburning.

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Face

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While we lie tumbling in the hay.

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Hay

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Time, that takes survey of all the world, Must have a stop.

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Stop

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“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

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Euphemism

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“So fair and foul a day I have not seen.”

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Fair

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He was not so much brain as earwax

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Brain

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What the vengeance, could he not speak 'em fair?

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Ems

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O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on.

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Being jealous

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No … holy father, throw away that thought. Believe not that the dribbling dart of love Can pierce a complete bosom.

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Believe

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“I beg for justice, which you, Prince, must give. Romeo killed Tybalt; Romeo must not live.”

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Death

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God be prais'd, that to believing souls, Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair

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Believing

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“Myself will straight aboard; and to the state This heavy act with heavy heart relate. [Exeunt.]”

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Heavy heart

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“Alas, that they are so! To die even when they to perfection grow!”

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Alas

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“Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it Without a prompter.—”

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Fight

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Tis often seen Adoption strives with nature; and choice breeds A native slip to us from foreign lands.

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Adoption

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I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to…

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Glory

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And to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my…

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Born

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The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults…

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Be proud

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“Ah, she doth teach the torches to burn bright, it seems she hangs against the cheek of night like a rich jewel…

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Nature

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“If a man do not erect in this age his own tomb ere he dies, he shall live no longer in monument…

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Benedict

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He's truly valiant that can wisely suffer The worst that man can breathe, and make his wrongs His outsides, to wear them…

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Breathe

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The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby, Knowing that with the shadow of his…

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Bird

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Her father lov'd me; oft invited me; Still question'd me the story of my life, From year to year, the battles, sieges,…

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Battle

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“O thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sow'd a grizzle on thy case? Or will not else thy…

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Thou

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“I will tell you why; so shall my anticipation Prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the king And queen moult no…

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Anticipation

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“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on. That cuckold lives…

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Allegory

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“I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to…

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Ambitious

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“Be patient till the last. Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear: believe…

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Brutus

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But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements,…

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Brain

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This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit: He must observe…

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Art

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O, when degree is shaked, Which is the ladder of all highdesigns, The enterprise is sick. How could communities, Degrees in schools,…

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Business

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Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.

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Bacchus

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“The sun was not so true unto the day As he to me”

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Love

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Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

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Adversity

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Many can brook the weather that love not the wind.

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Brook

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If thou dost love, proclaim it faithfully.

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Faithfully

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It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

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Blood

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Courage mounteth with occasion.

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Courage

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Cupid is a knavish lad, Thus to make poor mortals mad!

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Cupid

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William Shakespeare by topic

Love (897) Inspirational (602) Men (463) Death (285) Time (256) Life (192) Nature (184) Heart (179) Eye (179) Ifs (152) Thee (150) World (144) May (143) Art (141) Should (125) Heaven (124) Flower (121) Love you (118) Sweet (117) Grief (116) Giving (112) Memorable (110) Friendship (109) Speak (107) Night (105)