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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language. He was a playwright, poet, and actor, known for his remarkable contributions to literature. He was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare's early life in Stratfo... show more

quote icon There’s a divinity that shapes our ends...

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quote icon And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more.

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quote icon They do not love that do not show their love.

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quote icon What win I if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy? Who buys a minute’s mirth to wail a week Or sells eternity for a toy? For one sweet grape, who would the vine destroy? Of what found beggar but to touch the crown, Would with the scepter straight be stricken down?

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quote icon They do not love that do not show their love.

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quote icon The devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.

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quote icon “They do not love that do not show their love.”

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quote icon Strong reasons make strong actions.

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quote icon Our doubts are traitors and make us loose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. Measure for Measure ActI.Sc.5

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quote icon “They do not love that do not show their love.”

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quote icon What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

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quote icon He is well paid That is well satisfied.

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quote icon Modest doubt is call'd The Beacon of the wise.

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quote icon He lives in fame that died in virtues cause.

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quote icon This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

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quote icon Go to your bosom; knock there; and ask your heart what it doth know. Measure for Measure Act II Sc. 2

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quote icon I am at war twixt will and will not.

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quote icon Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content,Than to be perk'd up in a glittering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Henry VIII Act II Sc. 3

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quote icon I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities A still and quiet conscience.

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quote icon Violent fires soon burn out themselves; Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short. Richard II Act. II Sc. 1

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quote icon How far your eyes may pierce, I cannot tell; Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. King Lear Act I. Sc. 4

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quote icon They say, best men are molded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad: so may my husband. Measure for Measure Act V Sc. 1

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quote icon O, cunning enemy, that, to catch a saint, With saints dost bait thy hook! Measure for Measure ActII Sc.4

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quote icon Was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro, as tis multitude? Henry VI Act. IV sc. 8

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quote icon To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

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quote icon Everyone can master a grief but he that has it.

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quote icon Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.

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quote icon He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

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quote icon There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in misery.

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quote icon Lawless are they that maketh their wills their law.

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quote icon Death lies on her, like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field. Romeo and Juliet. Act 1V Sc. 5

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quote icon You have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm, and cloudiness.

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quote icon The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.

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quote icon Il saggio sa di essere stupido, è lo stupido invece che crede di essere saggio.

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quote icon To thine ownself be true then canst thou be false to any man.

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quote icon God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

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quote icon THIRD FISHERMAN: Master I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. FIRST FISHERMAN: Why, as men do a-land: the great ones eat up the little ones. Pericles Act II Sc. 1

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quote icon Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest.

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quote icon Action is eloquence.

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quote icon We must not stint our necessary actions, in the fear to cope malicious censurers. Henry VIII ACT 1 SC.2

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quote icon When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. King Lear Act II Sc. 1

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quote icon An old man is twice a child. Hamlet Act II Sc.2

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quote icon How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

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quote icon Take all the swift advantage of the hours.

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quote icon All that glitters is not gold. Merchant of Venice ActII. Sc.7

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