Sweets to the sweet, farewell! I hoped thou shouldst have b… - William Shakespeare

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Sweets to the sweet, farewell! I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet’s wife; I thought thy bride-bed to have decked, sweet maid, And not have strewed thy grave.

William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Also Known As: The Bard of Avon

Alternative Names: The Bard • Swan of Avon • Bard of Avon • Shakespeare • William Shakspere • Shakespere • Shakespear • Shakspeare • Shackspeare • Shakspere • William Shakspeare • William Shake‐speare • William Shak‐ſpeare

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What win I if I gain the thing I seek?
A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy.
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week?
Or sells eternity to get a toy?

Let me have men about me that are fat,
...Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous.

Suffer love! A good ephitet! I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will.

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