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William Shakespeare
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Biography : English poet, playwright and actor.
Born: 1564 - Died: 1616
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
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Men are as the time is.
William Shakespeare - King Lear






Passing through nature to eternity.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark






Love give me strength! and strength shall help afford.
William Shakespeare - Romeo und Julia / 






I will praise any man that will praise me.
William Shakespeare - Antony and Cleopatra / 






Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / 






A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare - As you like it / 






Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
William Shakespeare - Henry IV, Part 2 / 






Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
William Shakespeare - Merry Wives of Windsor. / 






Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;
and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream / 






Theres many a man has more hair than wit.
William Shakespeare - A Comedy of Errors / 






My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.

William Shakespeare - Romeo und Julia / 






There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very gesture.
William Shakespeare






Lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

William Shakespeare - The Tempest






The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
William Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice / 






A man can die but once.
William Shakespeare - Henry IV, Part 2 / 






Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.
William Shakespeare - King Lear






My library was dukedom large enough.
William Shakespeare / 






Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / 






O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
William Shakespeare






Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice / 






Love is merely a madness.
William Shakespeare - As you like it / 






There's small choice in rotten apples.
William Shakespeare / 






O thou monster, Ignorance, how deformed dost thou look!
William Shakespeare






A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
William Shakespeare - Richard III






Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much.
William Shakespeare - Romeo und Julia






I wish you all the joy that you can wish.
William Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice / 






Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / 






It is the stars,
The stars above us, govern our conditions.

William Shakespeare - King Lear / 






A mote it is to trouble the mind's eye.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark / 






But men are men the best sometimes forget.
William Shakespeare










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