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
Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won?
See where she comes apparelled like the spring.
A breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences.
Away, you trifler! Love! I love thee not, I care not for thee, Kate: this is no world To play with mammets and to tilt with lips: We must have bloody noses and cracked crowns.
The hind that would be mated by the lion Must die for love.
Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages. Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
I have thrust myself into this maze, Haply to wive and thrive as best I may.
Hasty marriage seldom proveth well.
The instances that second marriage move Are base respects of thrift, but none of love.
With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage.
If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage.
Tis a cruelty to load a fallen man.
Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed