"As I am an honest man, I thought you had received some bodily wound. There is more sense in that than in reputation. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving."

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About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor whose works include major tragedies, comedies, and histories. His plays, including Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear, are central to world literature and theater. He is often regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.

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