William Shakespeare

A poet and playwright; widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

1. A horse! A horse!
   My kingdom for a horse!
   [From “Richard III”.]

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2. All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
   They have their exits and their entrances; and one man, in his time, plays many parts.
   [From “As You Like It”.]

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3. Brevity is the soul of wit.
   [From “Hamlet”.]

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4. Cry “Havoc”, and let slip the dogs of war.
   [From “Julius Caesar”.]

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5. Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
   [From “Hamlet”.]

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6. Now is the winter of our discontent.
   [The opening line in “Richard III”.]

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7. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
   [From “Twelfth Night”.]

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8. The first thing we do: let's kill all the lawyers.
   [From “Henry the Sixth, Part II”.]

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9. The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
   [From “Hamlet”.]

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10. This above all: to thine own self be true.
    [From “Hamlet”.]

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11. To be, or not to be? — that is the question.
    [From “Hamlet”.]

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12. What a piece of work is a man:
    how noble in reason;
    how infinite in faculties, in form, and moving;
    how express and admirable in action;
    how like an angel in apprehension;
    how like a god!
    [From “Hamlet”.]

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13. What's in a name?
    That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.
    [From “Romeo and Juliet”.]

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