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
Write till your ink be dry, and with your tearsMoist it again, and frame some feeling lineThat may discover such integrity.
To fear the worst oft cures the worse.
We are gentlemen that neither in our hearts nor outward eyes envy the great nor shall the low despise.
What a disgrace it is to me to remember thy name.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Then are dreamt of in your philosophy.
But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.
Warble, child; make passionate my sense of hearing.
There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.
When valor preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.
When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.