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William Shakespeare

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Having nothing, nothing can he lose.


— William Shakespeare


#lose #nothing

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.


— William Shakespeare


#gods #kill #their #us #wanton

By that sin fell the angels.


— William Shakespeare


#fell #sin

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!


— William Shakespeare


#i #keep #mad #me #sweet

The golden age is before us, not behind us.


— William Shakespeare


#before #behind #golden #golden age #us

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.


— William Shakespeare


#dream #merely #shadow #substance #very

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!


— William Shakespeare


#how #serpent #sharper #than #thankless

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.


— William Shakespeare


#smiles #something #steals #thief

To do a great right do a little wrong.


— William Shakespeare


#little #right #wrong

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.


— William Shakespeare


#enough #poor #rich






About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes




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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