William Shakespeare
English · 1564–1616
England's national poet and the most performed playwright in history, whose tragedies, comedies, and histories explored the full depth of human nature with unmatched linguistic invention.
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“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
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Helena
“Though she be but little, she is fierce.”
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Juliet
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
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Jaques
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”
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Cassius
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
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Caesar
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.”
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Hamlet
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
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Queen Gertrude
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
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Countess
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
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Prospero
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
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