William Shakespeare
playwright · poet · England · 1564–1616
Working in London as an actor and playwright, he left some thirty-seven plays and 154 sonnets.
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c. 1598 · When his brother urges patience on him in his grief over his daughter
For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently, However they have writ the style of gods And made a push at chance and sufferance.
Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5, scene 1, spoken by Leonato
c. 1598
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me.
Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, scene 1, spoken by Beatrice
c. 1598
Well, every one can master a grief but he that has it.
Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3, scene 2, spoken by Benedick
c. 1598
Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much.
Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, scene 1, spoken by Claudio
published 1609
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate
Sonnets, 29
published 1609
That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
Sonnets, 73
published 1609
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date
Sonnets, 18
1609
Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove
Sonnet 116
published 1609
Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed, The dear respose for limbs with travel tir'd; But then begins a journey in my head
Sonnet 27
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