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William Shakespeare

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Farewell, fair cruelty.


— William Shakespeare


#fair #farewell

I dote on his very absence.


— William Shakespeare


#his #i #very

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.


— William Shakespeare


#fashion #i #i see #man #more

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.


— William Shakespeare


#lest #little #mar #mind #should

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.


— William Shakespeare


#doors #men #setting #setting sun #shut

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.


— William Shakespeare


#doth #goad #loving #most #sin

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.


— William Shakespeare


#defy #devil #enemy #man #mankind

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.


— William Shakespeare


#flatterer #loves #worthy

O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!


— William Shakespeare


#god #how #me #seem #stale

Such as we are made of, such we be.


— William Shakespeare


#such






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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