2,311 Famous Quotes by William Shakespeare
4/23/1564 - 4/23/1616
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Shakespeare
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About William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, two epitaphs on a man named John Combe, one epitaph on Elias James, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age 49, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio at II, i)
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As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio at IV, iii)
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
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Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio at IV, iii)
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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: The Tempest (Gonzalo at I, i)
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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: The Tempest (Gonzalo at I, i)
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But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: The Tempest (Prospero at I, ii)
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Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: Titus Andronicus (Chiron at II, i)
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Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: Titus Andronicus (Marcus at II, iv)
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The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: Titus Andronicus (Tamora at IV, iv)
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All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (Gaunt at I, iii)
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For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (John of Gaunt at I, iii)
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The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (King Richard at II, i)
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The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
Proverbs
Quotes, by William Shakespeare , Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (King Richard at II, i)
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