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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
Dramaturge
Playwright
Poet
Stage Actor
Writer
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
Bard of Avon
Shakespere
Shakespear
Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
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It is certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught as men take diseases, one of another.
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I am one, my liege, Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world Have so incensed that I am reckless what I do to spite the world.
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Hung be the heavens with black! Yield, day, to night!
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We are not the first Who with best meaning have incurred the worst
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What thing, in honor, had my father lost, That need to be revived and breathed in me?
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The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits.
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One sin, I know, another doth provoke. Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.
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Thou sodden-witted lord! thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows.
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