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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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Come not within the measure of my wrath.
They mocked thee for too much curiosity.
A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind.
Let gentleness my strong enforcement be.
Tear-falling pity dwells not in his eye.
Richard III (1591)
He that sleeps feels not the tooth-ache.
Cymbeline (1611)
Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
Let them obey that know not how to rule.
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
What's in a name? That which we call a rose,
Romeo and Juliet (1595)
Die two months ago, and not forgotten yet? Then there's hope a great man's memory may outlive his life half a year.
O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts!
Othello (1603)
No might nor greatness in mortality
Take no care
Macbeth (1605)
Nothing teems
Henry V (1599)
O, now doth Death line his dead chaps with steel;
King John (1595)
Being once chaf'd, he cannot
Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity—
Richard II (1595)
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Macbeth (1605)
The miserable have no other medicine
Measure for Measure (1603)
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