For as long as I can remember, I've had what you might call a "crush" on William Shakespeare. Really, it's England and that time period that does it for me. On a trip to Barnes & Noble, anything with Billy Shakespeare's face or Elizabeth I's likeness draws my attention, and Henry VII (although a generation prior) is my specialty. I was fortunate enough to visit Stratford-Upon-Avon, home of the Bard, one summer, and I walked around with my mouth hung open. The gardens, the artifacts, the funny anecdotes the tour guide told... it was almost too much.
Maybe it's the pirate beard and bald head that gets me...
Okay, Hollywood's version (in the form of Geoffrey Rush) is a teensy bit hotter.
I digress.
Today is the Bard's birthday; that is, what is commonly believed to be Bill's birthday. So, to commemorate this literary giant, I thought I'd give you all a healthy dose of Shakespeare quotes, some common phrase and others more obscure. And who doesn't love a good quote?
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
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