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Wm. Shakespeare [1564-1616]
| English poet and playwright William Shakespeare is believed born 23 April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. His first authenticated plays are dated to 1590. Scholars argue over the details, but Will wrote about thirty-eight plays, about 154 sonnets, and a variety of other poems. Will was a popular actor and playwright in London; he moved to the Bishopsgate area of London in 1598. His stage company performed at the Curtain Theater in Shoreditch, London from 1597 until 1599, when they moved to the newly-built Globe Theater in Southwark, London. He seems to have retired to Stratford in 1613, where he died on 23 April 1616. |  |
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“Blow wind! Come wrack! At least we'll die with harness on our back.”
- in "Macbeth" 1606, Act 5 Scene 5 {Issue #64}
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“Our doubts are traitors / And make us lose the good we oft might win / By fearing to attempt.”
- in "Measure For Measure" 1603, Act 1 Scene 4 {blog 12/2007}
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“Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.” {blog 2/2008 & 2/2019}
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“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
- in "Twelfth Night" 1601, Act II, Scene 5 {blog 3/2010}
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“Pleasure and action make the hours seem shorter.” - in "Othello" 1603: spoken by character Iago {blog 10/2010}
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“The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.”
- in "Henry VI" 1591, Act IV, Scene II: spoken by Dick the Butcher {blog 4/2011}
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“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” {blog 2/2012}
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“Let us mock the midnight bell.” - in "Antony and Cleopatra" 1607, Act III Scene 11 {blog 11/2012}
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“Above all else to thine own self be true.” {blog 1/2014}
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“A quart of Ale is a dish for a king.” {blog 4/2014}
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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon ‘em.” {blog 4/2014}
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“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” {blog 8/2014}
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“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” {blog 3/2015}
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“The object of art is to give life shape.” {blog 12/2015}
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“Frame thy mind to mirth and merriment, which bars a thousand harms, and lengthens life.” {blog 2/2016}
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“Do you think because you are virtuous, that there shall be no more cakes and ale?”
- from stageplay "Twelfth Night" [circa 1600] {blog 10/2016}
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“Speak less than you know; have more than you show.” {blog 12/2017}
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“My tongue will tell the anger of mine heart. Or else my heart, concealing it, will break.” {blog 1/2018}
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“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become,
and still, gently allows you to grow.” {blog 6/2019}
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“Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, / Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.” - in "The Life and Death of King John" [1598] {blog 10/2022}
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“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” {blog 4/2024}
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