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
Why, thou deboshed fish thou...Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
Why, this hath not a finger's dignity.
I think thy horse will sooner con an oration than thou learn a prayer without book.
Thou sodden-witted lord! thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows.
A fusty nut with no kernel.
Go hang yourself, you naughty mocking uncle!
The setting sun, and the music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in rememberance more than long things past.
If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
A king of infinite space
The man that hath no music in himself
The patient must minister to himself
There is a tide in the affairs of men
What a piece of work is a man