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William Shakespeare

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This above all: to thine own self be true.


— William Shakespeare


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[Thou] mad mustachio purple-hued maltworms!


— William Shakespeare


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Of all the wonders that I have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. (Act II, Scene 2)


— William Shakespeare


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Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.


— William Shakespeare


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Nothing is so common as the desire to be remarkable.


— William Shakespeare


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Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!


— William Shakespeare


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Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.


— William Shakespeare


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Exit, pursued by a bear.


— William Shakespeare


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My soul is in the sky.


— William Shakespeare


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Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.


— William Shakespeare


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About William Shakespeare

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Did you know about William Shakespeare?

According to Shakespearean scholar James Shapiro in Julius Caesar "the various strands of politics character inwardness contemporary events even Shakespeare's own reflections on the act of writing began to infuse each other". In 1598 the cleric and author Francis Meres singled him out from a group of English writers as "the most excellent" in both comedy and tragedy. Many of his plays were publiWilliam Shakespeared in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime.

In the 20th century his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith.

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