William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth23 April 1564
I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand As is a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.
How many fond fools serve mad jealousy!
I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong.
Poise the cause in justice's equal scales, Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails.
Too much to know is to know nought but fame; And every godfather can give a name.
Faith, I have been a truant in the law And never yet could frame my will to it, And therefore frame the law unto my will.
When law can do no right, Let it be lawful that law bar no wrong.
I am a subject, And I challenge law. Attorneys are denied me, And therefore personally I lay my claim To my inheritance of free descent.
Headstrong liberty is lashed with woe.
I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please, for so fools have.
I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born.
Scorn, at first, makes after-love the more.
Wish chastely, and love dearly.
Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity In least speak most, to my capacity.