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The Master Playwright of Tragicomedies - - Shakespeare

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

Shakespeare, the English poet, playwright, and dramatist, is an inspiration to artists of all genres. As the author of famous plays like Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and King Lear, Shakespeare became a legend. With a mature narrative, embellished with a mix of romance and witty comedy, he always infused life into his characters. Read along and explore the ingenuity of mixing comedy with tragedy.
  • Action is eloquence.

  • He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.

  • O! I am Fortune's fool.

  • Cowards die many times before their deaths .The valiant never taste of death but once.

  • You take my life when you take the means whereby I live.

  • A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

  • There is no evil angel but Love.

  • Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.

  • How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.

  • An overflow of good converts to bad.

  • The course of true love never did run smooth.

  • To be, or not to be: that is the question.

  • Assume a virtue, if you have it not.

  • I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

  • Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

  • Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

  • A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.

  • There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

  • Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee!

  • One may smile, and smile, and be a villain!

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