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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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He doth nothing but talk of his horse.
It is a good divine that follows his own instructions; I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Virtue is chok'd with foul ambition.
I am sure, care's an enemy to life.
I rather would entreat thy company,
He hath a daily beauty in his life.
Othello (1603)
I am not in the roll of common men.
Prosperity's the very bond of love.
It is a pretty mocking of the life.
What should a man do but be merry?
Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.
For the rain it raineth every day.
God sends a curst cow short horns.
Much Ado About Nothing (1598)
Had she been light, like you,
For I am nothing, if not critical.
Othello (1603)
True nobility is exempt from fear.
Henry VI (1594)
Bashful sincerity and comely love.
You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass.
Light thickens; and the crow
Macbeth (1605)
My heart is ever at your service.
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