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
Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere.
Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is called content, a crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.
Do all men kill the things they do not love ............ The quality of mercy is not strain'd It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest It blesseth him that gives and him that takes
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
This above all; to thine own self be true.
Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues.
Nothing comes from doing nothing.
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
My soul is in the sky.
Flout 'em, and scout 'em; and scout 'em, and flout 'em; / Thought is free.
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.