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William Shakespeare

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As I love the name of honour more than I fear death.


— William Shakespeare


#honor #honour #julius #death

Who knows himself a braggart, let him fear this, for it will come to pass that every braggart shall be found an ass.


— William Shakespeare


#ass #braggart #bragging #humility #humor

Goats and monkies!


— William Shakespeare


#humor

...and then, in dreaming, / The clouds methought would open and show riches / Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked / I cried to dream again.


— William Shakespeare


#dreams #nature #beauty

La vida es mi tortura y la muerte será mi descanso.


— William Shakespeare


#juliet #life #romeo #shakespeare #william

O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!


— William Shakespeare


#inspirational

What man art thou that, thus bescreened in night, So stumblest on my counsel? *Who are you? Why do you hide in the darkness and listen to my private thoughts?*


— William Shakespeare


#imposition #privacy #art

Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; Where little fears grow great, great love grows there.


— William Shakespeare


#love

I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in thy eyes—and moreover, I will go with thee to thy uncle’s.


— William Shakespeare


#love #sweet #uncle #funny

Some grief shows much of love, But much of grief shows still some want of wit.


— William Shakespeare


#mourning #love






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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