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Phrases from Shakespeare

Phrases from Shakespeare


To thine own self be true.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

What do all of these phrases have in common? They all come from works by William Shakespeare. In fact, many of the words and phrases we use today were first coined by the Bard.



Watch the video below to learn some of the more common phrases introduced to the English language by William Shakespeare.

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