William Shakespeare

Country United Kingdom
Born Sunday, 26 April 1564
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William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
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O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder. Uncategorized
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go. Uncategorized
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Uncategorized
I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another. Uncategorized
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go. Uncategorized
What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! Uncategorized
Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't. Uncategorized
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Uncategorized
The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king. Uncategorized
The devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape. Uncategorized
Brevity is the soul of wit. Uncategorized
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Uncategorized
Leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her. Uncategorized
Every man has business and desire, Such as it is. Uncategorized
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Uncategorized
But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance. Uncategorized
He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again. Uncategorized
Frailty, thy name is woman! Uncategorized
A little more than kin, and less than kind. Uncategorized
I have not slept one wink. Uncategorized