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Shakespeare is still to this day one of the best writers ever! He made up so many phrases that are still used today. He could say so much in just a few words that he would say or write. Many of the sayings that you hear or use yourself come from Shakespeare himself. I am sure that you would be surprised at a few of the expressions that you read below and know they came from him. So read on and realize what a way Shakespeare had with words.

Parting is such sweet sorrow(from Romeo and Juliet)
Star-cross'd lovers(from Romeo and Juliet)
A fool's paradise(from Romeo and Juliet)
What's in a name?(from Romeo and Juliet)
Come full circle(from King Lear)
Cowards die many times before their deaths.(from Julius Caesar)
Eaten me out of house and home.(from Henry IV)
Elbow room (from King John)
Green-eyed monster(from Othello)
Put out the light(from Othello)
Hearts of gold(from Henry VI Part I)
I have not slept one wink (from Cymbeline)
In my mind's eye(from Hamlet)
To thine own self be true(from Hamlet)
To be, or not to be, that is the question(from Hamlet)
They say an old man is twice a child(from Hamlet)
Lend me your ears(from Julius Caesar)
Merry as the day is long(from Much Ado About Nothing)
My own flesh and blood(from The Merchant of Venice)
Neither rhyme nor reason(from As You Like It)
Out of the question(from Love's Labour's Lost)
Play fast and loose(from Love's Labour's Lost)
Short and the Long of It(from Merry Wives of Windsor)
The world's mine oyster(from The Merry Wives of Windsor)
Sorry sight(from Macbeth)
Sound and the Fury(from Macbeth)
We are such stuff as dreams are made of(from The Tempest)

These are some of the saying that I myself have used and heard over the years. So when you yourself or your children are learning about Shakespeare this is why. He was a great poet and deserves every amount of respect that he is given. Without him we would have missed out on many great films and poems.

Just to think that William Shakespeare has been gone for since April of 1616 and his writings still earn praise around the world is spectacular! To this day we still use his words in many ways and they continuously remake his films. Without a doubt Shakespeare is the most quoted writer in the literature and history of the English speaking world!

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