Creative Quotations from . . .
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616) born on
Apr 23
English dramatist, poet. He is considered the greatest writer in any language for his 154 sonnets and 37 plays, e.g., "Hamlet," 1600.
         
   
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F
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

R
O mischief, thou art swift
To enter in the thoughts of desperate men!
A
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
N
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
K
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.
 


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Romeo and Juliet," II:2
R: Romeo, in "Romeo and Juliet," act 5, sc. 1.
A: Mercutio, in "Romeo and Juliet," act 1, sc. 4, l. 45
N: "Romeo and Juliet," II. vi. (15).
K: "Romeo and Juliet," II,iii,35.
 

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