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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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Also known as: Shakespeare, Shakespeare, William, Shakespearean, Shakspeare

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Therein the patient
Must minister to himself.
Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.

Macbeth (1605)

With his own sword,
Which he did wave against my throat, I have ta’en
His head from him.

Upon this hint I spake;
She loved me for the dangers I had passed
And I loved her that she did pity them.

Othello (1603)

If I lose mine honour,
I lose myself; better I were not yours
Than yours so branchless.

Rather let my head
Stoop to the block than these knees bow to any
Save to the God of heaven and to my king.

* * The thunder,
That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd
The name of Prosper; it did bass my trespass.

Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound
Upon a wheel of fire; that mine own tears
Do scald like molten lead.

King Lear (1608)

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought:
I stay too long by thee, I weary thee.

Pure Chastity is rifled of her store,
And Lust, the thief, far poorer than before.

I will attend my husband, be his nurse,
Diet his sickness, for it is my office.

The choir,
With all the choicest music of the kingdom,
Together sung Te Deum.

Henry VIII (1613)

I will fasten on this sleeve of thine:
Thou art an elm, my husband, I, a vine.

I freely told you, all the wealth I had
Ran in my veins, I was a gentleman.

By being seldom seen, I could not stir
But like a comet I was wonder'd at.

Had it pleas'd heaven
To try me with affliction * * *
I should have found in some place of my soul
A drop of patience.

Othello (1603)

Faith, I have been a truant in the law,
And never yet could frame my will to it;
And therefore frame the law unto my will.

Her hair is auburn, mine is perfect yellow:
If that be all the difference in his love,
I'll get me such a colour'd periwig.

Those that do teach young babes
Do it with gentle means and easy tasks

Othello (1603)

Do not swear at all;
Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,
Which is the god of my idolatry,
And I'll believe thee.

Romeo and Juliet (1597)

My lord shall never rest:
I'll watch him, tame and talk him out of patience:
His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift.

Othello (1603)

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