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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in 1564. He was a playwright, poet, and actor. He is considered one of the greatest writers in the English language. He wrote 39 plays, 154 sonnets, and a few other poems. His plays have been translated into many languages and are performed all over the world. He died in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1616.

Here are some of his most famous plays:

* Hamlet
* Romeo and Juliet
* King Lear
* Macbeth
* Othello
* The Tempest
* A Midsummer Night's Dream
* The Taming of the Shrew
* Much Ado About Nothing
* As You Like It

Shakespeare's plays are still performed today and continue to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages. His work has had a profound impact on the English language and culture. He is considered one of the greatest writers in the history of the world.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.

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These violent delights have violent ends.

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For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

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love is blindand lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit

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His life was gentle; and the elementsSo mixed in him, that Nature might stand upAnd say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!

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Like madness is the glory of this life.

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Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.

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O teach me how I should forget to think (1.1.224)

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Women may fall when there's no strength in men.Act II

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I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.

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The course of true love never did run smooth.

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Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

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Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! And, lips, oh you the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death!

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If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking and you beat love down.

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Love moderately. Long love doth so.Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.*Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.*

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Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

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Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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For which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?

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This above all: to thine own self be true.

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Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

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Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.

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And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change it.

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Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.

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I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

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Of all the wonders that I have heard,It seems to me most strange that men should fear;Seeing death, a necessary end,Will come when it will come.(Act II, Scene 2)

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Under loves heavy burden do I sink.--Romeo

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