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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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To beguile many and be beguil'd by one.
Othello (1603)
We cannot lodge and board a dozen or fourteen gentlewomen that live honestly by the prick of their needles, but it will be thought we keep a bawdy house straight.
Henry V (1599)
I will be hang'd, if some eternal villain,
Othello (1603)
There's small choice in rotten apples.
Taking the measure of an unmade grave.
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
The letter is too long by half a mile.
He wants wit that wants resolved will.
For grief is crowned with consolation.
And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy.
Come, give us a taste of your quality.
How abhorred in my imagination it is!
A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles.
His worth is warrant for his welcome.
With his eyes in flood with laughter.
Cymbeline (1611)
Or art thou base, common and popular?
Henry V (1599)
Go with me, like good angels, to my end;
Henry VIII (1613)
Sorrow ends not when it seemeth done.
Richard II (1595)
Our Jovial star reign'd at his birth.
Cymbeline (1611)
Nice customs curtesy to great kings.
Henry V (1599)
Moving accidents by flood and field.
Othello (1603)
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