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It comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever proof itself would have earned him.
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
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William Shakspere
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If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine, Thou robb'st me of a moiety.
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I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.
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Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me, I'll knock elsewhere, to see if they'll disdain me
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Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one but two rascals can be ten times as vicious as one.
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You had measured how long a fool you were upon the ground.
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But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass I, that am rudely stamped, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph.
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