I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.
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, 3 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.
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A man in all the world's new fashion planted,
That hath a mint of phrases in his brain. -
He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
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They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.
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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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My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.
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Hereafter, in a better world than this,
I shall desire more love and knowledge of you. -
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No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en;
In brief, sir, study what you most affect. -
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