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
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.
My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.
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.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Warble, child; make passionate my sense of hearing.
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
There are a sort of men whose visagesDo cream and mantle like a standing pond.
The rarer action isIn virtue than in vengeance.
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.