"William Cartwright" may refer to:

*William Cartwright (dramatist) (1611–1643), English dramatist and churchman

*William Cartwright (1634–1676), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659

*William Cartwright (actor) (died 1686), English actor

*William Cartwright (c.1704–1768), English Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire

*William Cartwright (British Army officer), British general

*William Cartwright (film editor) (1920-2013), American television and film director, producer and editor

*William Cartwright (Bahamian politician) (c. 1923–2012), Bahamian politician and co-founder of the Progressive Liberal Party

*William Cornwallis Cartwright (1825–1915), British Member of Parliament for Oxfordshire, 1868–1885

*William Ralph Cartwright (1771–1847), English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1797 and 1846

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Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!

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The fool inherits, but the wise must get.

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