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Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief.
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
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Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
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The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
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William Shake‐ſpeare
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Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways?
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He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
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He is winding the watch of his wit by and by it will strike.
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I'll go find a shadow, and sigh till he come (Phebe)
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Wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes, but presently prevent the ways to wail.
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To sue to live, I find I seek to die And, seeking death, find life: let it come on.
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Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
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O wretched state! O bosom black as death! O limed soul that, struggling to be free, art more engaged! Help, angels! Make assay! Bow, stubborn knees! and, heart with strings of steel, be soft as sinews of the new-born babe!
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I had rather chop this hand off at a blow, And with the other fling it at thy face.
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