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“The darkness is only frightening until the imagination gives it a name.”

About William Shakespeare

1564 – 1616

English playwright and poet, author of 'Hamlet', 'Macbeth' and 'Romeo and Juliet'.

“To thine own self be true.”

“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”

“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

“Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things underground, and much more in the skies.”

“I know that oft we tremble at an empty terror, but the false phantasm brings a real misery.”

“Every time a child says "I don't believe in fairies" there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.”