“Modest doubt is call'd the beacon of the wise.”
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William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays,[c] 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He has invented over 1700 words some of which are common. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare Looking for the '[First Folio](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362289W/Plays)'?
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“Modest doubt is call'd the beacon of the wise.”
“Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain; As painfully to pore upon a book To seek the light of truth while truth the while Doth falsely b...”
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“BIRON Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain; As painfully to pore upon a book To seek the light of truth while truth the while Doth fal...”
“আমি কি তোমাকে গ্রীষ্মকালীন দিনের সঙ্গে তুলনা করতে পারি? তুমি তারও চেয়ে বেশি সুন্দর এবং সহনশীল এটা জানি, এলোমেলো হাওয়া মে ফুলের মিষ্টি পাপড়িকে নাড়িয়ে যায় এবং গ্রীষ্মের ছুটির অবকাশও ক্ষণস্থায়ী...”
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“Love look not with eyes, but with the mind, therefore is cupid painted blind.'' William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616”
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“Glendower: I can call the spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come, when you do call for them?”
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“Me, poor man, my library Was dukedom large enough.”
“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.”
“Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.”
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“O teach me how I should forget to think (1.1.224)”
“Educated men are so impressive!”
“Falstaff: [...] Good faith, this same young sober-blooded boy doth not love me; nor a man cannot make him laugh—but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine. There's never none of these demure bo...”
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“It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.”
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“This above all; to thine own self be true.”
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“Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.”
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“I dote on his very absence.”
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“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
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“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.”
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“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, his acts being seven ages.”
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“I was adored once too.”
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