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1564–1616 England
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
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And to add greater honours to his age
Henry VIII (1613)
I am in this earthly world; where to do harm,
Macbeth (1605)
These lies are like the father that begets them; gross as a mountain, open, palpable.
There is more owing her than is paid; and more shall be paid her than she'll demand.
No cataplasm so rare,
Murder most foul, as in the best it is, But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.
He is complete in feature, and in mind,
Why, now I see there's mettle in thee, and even from this instant do build on thee a better opinion than ever before.
Othello (1603)
And, most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlick, for we are to utter sweet breath.
Do it not with poison; strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.
Othello (1603)
The end crowns all;
Troilus and Cressida (1602)
A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month.
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
When Fortune means to men most good,
King John (1598)
And though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft led by the nose with gold.
I would to God thou and I knew where a commodity of good names were to be bought.
Who knows himself a braggart,
Against ill chances men are ever merry;
He that cuts off twenty years of life
Julius Cæsar (1599)
And wilt thou still be hammering treachery, To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honour to disgrace's feet?
'Tis now the very witching time of night,
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