William Shakespeare
Playwright / Poet
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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. His body of work—37 plays, 154 sonnets, and numerous poems—explores the full range of human experience with extraordinary psychological depth and linguistic richness. Works such as Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet remain among the most performed and studied in the world, and Shakespeare's influence on literature, theatre, and the English language is immeasurable.
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William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. His body of work—37 plays, 154 sonnets, and numerous poems—explores the full range of human experience with extraordinary psychological depth and linguistic richness. Works such as Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet remain among the most performed and studied in the world, and Shakespeare's influence on literature, theatre, and the English language is immeasurable.
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Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
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"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
"Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence, But never tax'd for speech."
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