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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Greatest English dramatist & poet [more author details]
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He is the half part of a blessed man,
Left to be finished by such as she;
And she a fair divided excellence,
Whose fulness of perfection lies in him.
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William Shakespeare, King John, Act II, sc. 4
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
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William Shakespeare, King John, Act III, sc. 4
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To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess
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William Shakespeare, King John, Act IV, sc. 2
How far your eyes may pierce, i cannot tell; striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act I, sc. 4
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act I, sc. 4
Fortune, that arrant whore, ne'er turns the key to the poor.
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, sc. 4
We are not ourselves when nature, being oppress'd, commands the mind to suffer with the body.
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, sc. 4
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I am a man more sinn'd against than sinning.
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, sc. 2
That way madness lies.
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, sc. 4
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Were such things here as we do speak about? Or have we eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisoner?
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, sc. 4
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As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act IV, sc. 1
Distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough.
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act IV, sc. 1
Matter and impertinency mix'd! Reason in madness!
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act IV, sc. 6
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The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices make instruments to plague us.
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William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, sc. 3
By heaven, I do love: and it hath taught me to rhyme, and to be mekancholy.
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William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV, sc. 3
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A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue.
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William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, sc. 2
[Marriage is] a world-without-end bargain.
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William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
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A high hope for a low heaven: God grant us patience!
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William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act I, sc. 1
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Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek.
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William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV, sc. 3
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The extreme parts of time extremely forms all causes to the purpose of his speed.
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William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, sc. 2
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