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.
Quotes
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I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
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Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end.
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You cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sense.
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We do not keep the outward form of order, where there is deep disorder in the mind.
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How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.
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Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.
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Your face, my thane, is as a book where men
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Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.
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It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after.
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Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind,
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