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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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Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
She speaks poniards, and every word stabs.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
To wisdom he's a fool that will not yield.
He shall have merely justice and his bond.
Money is a good soldier, sir, and will on.
O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!
A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
Richard III (1592)
What light through yonder window breaks?
Romeo and Juliet (1595)
I could have better spar'd a better man.
A heavy heart bears not a humble tongue.
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
No worse a husband than the best of men.
Your face, my thane, is a book where men
Macbeth (1605)
How far that little candle throws his beams!
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness: old folks, you know, have discretion, as they say, and know the world.
A woman impudent and mannish grown
Troilus and Cressida (1602)
My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
I will say of it,
Safe in a ditch he bides,
Macbeth (1605)
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