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Biography - William Shakespeare:

English poet, playwright and actor.
Born: 1564 - Died: 1616
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;



Note 

Note



"- Juliet:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;

So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title.—Romeo, doff thy name,
And for thy name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself."


Source: Romeo und Julia

Wikisource - Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (en) 



What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;

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Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Ce que nous appelons une rose, sous tout autre nom sentirait aussi bon.

German
Das, was wir eine Rose nennen, würde bei jedem anderen Namen genauso süß duften.




See also 

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Quotes for: word


Quotes

Quotes for: word


The word flies and cannot be recalled.





One word and all is saved
One word and all is lost.






Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.





Finding the right words at the right moment is action.





The language of friendship is not words but meanings.





The meaning of a word is its use in the language.











Quotes

Quotes for: rose


It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.





Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow:
Gather today the roses of life.






Truths and roses have thorns about them.







Quotes

William Shakespeare also said...


How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.





To be, or not to be, that is the question.





There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.






What's done cannot be undone.





Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me.





Meet the time as it seeks us.












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