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William Shakespeare

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He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.


— William Shakespeare


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I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.


— William Shakespeare


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The valiant never taste of death but once.


— William Shakespeare


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There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.


— William Shakespeare


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They say miracles are past.


— William Shakespeare


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Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.


— William Shakespeare


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Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.


— William Shakespeare


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It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.


— William Shakespeare


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Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!


— William Shakespeare


#lord #lying #men #old #old men

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.


— William Shakespeare


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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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