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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
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I am all the daughters of my father's house,
And all the brothers too.
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Speak of them as they are; nothing extenuate,
Nor set down aught in malice; then must you speak
Of one that lov'd not wisely, but too well.
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Let four captains
Bear Hamlet, like a soldier, to the stage;
For he was likely, had he been put on,
To have proved most royally.
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I am ashamed that women are so simple
To offer war where they should kneel for peace.
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Some sins do bear their privilege on earth,
And so doth yours: your fault was not your folly;
Needs must you lay your heart at his dispose,
Subjected tribute to commanding love,
Against whose fury and unmatched force
The aweless lion could not wage the fight
Nor keep his princely heart from Richard's hand.
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So many hours must I take my rest;
So many hours must I contemplate.
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A good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a curled pate will grow bald, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow. But a good heart...is the sun and moon...for it shines bright and never changes, but keeps its course truly.
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Now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked.
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God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents.
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The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon.
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Hang up philosophy!
Unless philosophy can make a Juliet.
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Come, my coach! Good-night, ladies; good-night, sweet ladies; good-night, good-night.
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A plague o' both your houses!
They have made worms' meat of me.
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Now, God be prais'd, that to believing souls Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair!
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If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage.
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The cowslips tall her pensioners be;
In their gold coats spots you see;
Those be rubies, fairy favours,
In those freckles live their savours:
I must go seek some dew-drops here,
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
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Finger of birth-strangled babe,
Ditch-deliver'd by a drab.
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Hot blood begets hot thoughts, And hot thoughts beget Hot deeds, And hot deeds is love.
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They have tied me to the stake, I cannot fly,
But, bear-like, I must fight the course.
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O, speak to me no more; these words like daggers enter my ears.
A fancy way of saying SHUT UP!
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I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends.
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Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
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Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud;
And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold:
So cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.
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O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!
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Born:
April 26, 1564
Died:
April 23, 1616
(aged 51)
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William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon".
Known for:
Hamlet
MacBeth
Othello (1604)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1600)
King Lear (1608)
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