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A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
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 of Avon
William Shakspere
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William Shake‐ſpeare
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Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig.
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Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
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it is my lady! *sighs* o, it is my love! o, that she knew she were! she speaks, yet she sais nothing. what of that? her eye discourses i will answer it. i am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, having some business, do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres till they return.
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While he was drunk asleep, or in his rage, or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed.
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If our virtues did not go forth of us, it were all alike as if we had them not.
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If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.
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Beshrew the heart that makes my heart to groan.
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You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair.
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