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
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
Make use of time, let not advantage slip.
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
Bulldogs are adorable, with faces like toads that have been sat on. My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind; So flew'd, so sanded; their heads are hung with ears that sweep away the morning dew...
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Silence is the perfectest herault of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.
It is better to have burnt & lost, then to never have barbecued at all.
When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.
The wildest hath not such a heart as you. Run when you will, the story shall be changed: Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; The dove pursues the griffin; the mild hind Makes speed to catch the tiger; bootless speed, When cowardice pursues and valour flies.
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
Shine out fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass.
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.