Quotations by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Greatest English dramatist & poet

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain


And since you know you cannot see yourself,
so well as by reflection, I, your glass,
will modestly discover to yourself,
that of yourself which you yet know not of.

Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind,
As man's ingratitude.


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