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William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. His 39 plays, 154 sonnets, and other poems have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. His words have become woven into everyday speech across the world.

“Men's vows are women's traitors!”

— William Shakespeare

Men

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“'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.”

— William Shakespeare

Best

“For I can raise no money by vile means.”

— William Shakespeare

Money

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

— William Shakespeare

Great

“Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.”

— William Shakespeare

Trust

“To do a great right do a little wrong.”

— William Shakespeare

Great

“Women may fall when there's no strength in men.”

— William Shakespeare

Men

“I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!”

— William Shakespeare

Experience

“Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.”

— William Shakespeare

Life

“I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.”

— William Shakespeare

Death

“I bear a charmed life.”

— William Shakespeare

Life

“There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.”

— William Shakespeare

Art

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

— William Shakespeare

Future

“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.”

— William Shakespeare

Good

“Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.”

— William Shakespeare

Men

“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”

— William Shakespeare

Patience

“Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.”

— William Shakespeare

Good

“There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.”

— William Shakespeare

Great

“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.”

— William Shakespeare

Good

“Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.”

— William Shakespeare

Men

“A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.”

— William Shakespeare

Age