Happy birthday to William Shakespeare

 

Dena Bain Taylor

Happy birthday to William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English poet, playwright and actor, often called England's national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time.

"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."

"Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them."

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd."

"Doubt thou the stars are fire;

Doubt that the sun doth move;

Doubt truth to be a liar;

But never doubt I love."

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."

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