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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Greatest English dramatist & poet [more author details]

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We know what we are, but not what we may be.: William Shakespeare
When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind opresses, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress.: William Shakespeare
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When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools.: William Shakespeare
While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.: William Shakespeare
You cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sense.: William Shakespeare
For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth.: William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act 1 scene 1
Lord, what fools these mortals be!: William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act 3 scene 2
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Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.: William Shakespeare, "All's Well That Ends Well", Act 1 Scene 1
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No legacy is so rich as honesty.: William Shakespeare, "All's Well that Ends Well", Act 3 scene 5
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Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.: William Shakespeare, "All's Well that Ends Well", Act 5 scene 3
My salad days, When I was green in judgment.: William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 1 scene 5
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.: William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 2 scene 2
Small to greater matters must give way.: William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 2 scene 2
Since Cleopatra died, I have liv'd in such dishonour that the gods Detest my baseness.: William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 4 scene 14
I have Immortal longings in me.: William Shakespeare, "Antony and Cleopatra", Act 5 scene 2
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Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.: William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 1 scene 2
The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.: William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 1 scene 2
I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool.: William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 1 scene 7
True is it that we have seen better days.: William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 1 scene 7
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts...: William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 2 scene 7
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.: William Shakespeare, "As You Like It", Act 5 scene 1
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The game is up.: William Shakespeare, "Cymbeline", Act 3 scene 3
I have not slept one wink.: William Shakespeare, "Cymbeline", Act 3 scene 4
No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world.: William Shakespeare, "Cymbeline", Act 3 scene 4
A little more than kin, and less than kind.: William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 2
Frailty, thy name is woman!: William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 2
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He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.: William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 2
Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man.: William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 3
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. 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.: William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 3
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.: William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 4

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