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
Affection is a coal that must be cooled; else, suffered, it will set the heart on fire.
Presume not that I am the thing I was.
Better a little chiding than a great deal of heartbreak.
Love's stories written in love's richest books. To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.
Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt.
Come not between the dragon and his wrath.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
A young man married is a man that's marred.
In time we hate that which we often fear.
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
Were kisses all the joys in bed, One woman would another wed.
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear
The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite. Therefore, love moderately.