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William Shakespeare

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O, teach me how you look, and with what art You sway the motion of Demetrius' heart."-Helena


— William Shakespeare


#art

Here come the lovers, full of joy and mirth.— Joy, gentle friends! joy and fresh days of love Accompany your hearts!


— William Shakespeare


#dreams

Be not afraid of greatness.


— William Shakespeare


#life

Love that we cannot have is the one that lasts the longest,hurts the deepest,but feels the strongest


— William Shakespeare


#love

His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract.


— William Shakespeare


#criticism #gossip #speech #gossip

More fools know Jack Fool than Jack Fool knows.


— William Shakespeare


#humor

He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail.


— William Shakespeare


#god #faith

Men of few words are the best men." (3.2.41)


— William Shakespeare


#expression #speaking #taciturnity #words #men

So. Lie there, my art.


— William Shakespeare


#art

For some must watch, while some must sleep So runs the world away


— William Shakespeare


#hamlet #dreams






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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