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William Shakespeare

Read through the most famous quotes from William Shakespeare




O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!" - Cassio (Act II, Scene iii)


— William Shakespeare


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One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun.


— William Shakespeare


#love

Love's not love When it is mingled with regards that stand Aloof from th' entire point.


— William Shakespeare


#love

We will meet; and there we may rehearse most obscenely and courageously. Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream. Spoken by Bottom, Act I Sc. 2


— William Shakespeare


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My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.


— William Shakespeare


#love

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end.


— William Shakespeare


#friendship

She moves me not, or not removes at least affection's edge in me.


— William Shakespeare


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He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear: And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.


— William Shakespeare


#death

Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites.


— William Shakespeare


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And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love.


— William Shakespeare


#life






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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