William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (born April 1564; baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616 (Old Style/Julian), 3 May 1616 (New Style/Gregorian) English playwright and poet

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• Time's glory is to command contending kings,
  To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.
  
  • The Rape of Lucrece

• I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture
  (Modern spelling: I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture.)
  • Shakespeare's will

• Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosèd here. Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
  • Shakespeare's epitaph

Works of Shakespeare

Separate pages exist for quotations from all of the following works:

• The Sonnets
• All's Well That Ends Well
• Antony and Cleopatra
• As You Like It
• Hamlet
• Henry IV, part 1
• Henry IV, part 2
• Henry V
• Henry VI, part 2
• Henry VI, part 3
• Henry VIII
• Julius Caesar
• King John
• King Lear
• Macbeth
• Measure for Measure
• The Merchant of Venice
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Othello
• Pericles, Prince of Tyre
• Richard II
• Richard III
• Romeo and Juliet
• The Taming of the Shrew
• The Tempest
• Twelfth Night
• Two Gentlemen of Verona
• The Winter's Tale

External links

• Complete Works of William Shakespeare at Wikisource
• Study Guide:Shakespeare at Wikibooks
• List of archaic English words and their modern equivalents
• 1395 quotes from Shakespeare
• Selected Shakespeare Quotes: short phrases of sparkling poetry
• Talk to the William Shakespeare chatterbot