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...springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things. _Rape of the Lock, Canto I_. A. POPE.
Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, Bear 't that the opposed may beware of thee. _Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 3_. SHAKESPEARE.
Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose. _Fables: The Mastiffs_.. J. GAY.
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honor's at the stake. _Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 4_. SHAKESPEARE.
In a false quarrel there is no true valor. _Much Ado about Nothing, Act v. Sc. 1_. SHAKESPEARE.
I'm armed with more than complete steel, The justice of my quarrel. _Lust's Dominion, Act iii. Sc. 4_. C. MARLOWE.
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The Clouds consign their treasures to the fields; And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshened world. _The Seasons: Spring_. J. THOMSON.
Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the... Shakespeare, William

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Born ca. 1564 and died ca. 1616 during the Renaissance period (1450-1599). One of the greatest writers of all time, Shakespeare, the peerless poet of the Sonnets and the creator of such dramatic masterpieces as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and King Lear, is a playwright of paradigmatic originality. In his discussion of the Western literary canon, critic Harold Bloom declared: "Shakespeare and Dante are the center of the Canon because they excel all other Western writer in cognitive acuity, linguistic energy, and power of invention." However, one could go a step further and suggest that Shakespeare defines the Western canon because he transcends it. If Shakespeare, as Ben Jonson declared, "was not of an age, but for all time," the great dramatist, one could argue, spoke to the ultimate concerns of humankind, regardless of period or cultural tradition. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version.

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