# Happy Birthday Will!

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-will/170584/1 "2003-04-23T14:17:57Z")

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William Shakespeare is 439 years old today! Take a bow, Will! Nice job! For he’s a jolly good fellow!

Or at least he _would_ be, of course, if he were still alive. Although if that were the case, he would be desparately clawing at the inside of his casket, so it’s just as well.  
What is your favorite quote from the Bard? I like,

“Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven”  
_Henry VI, Act iv, Sc.7_