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
The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.
To do a great right do a little wrong.
Base men being in love have then a nobility in their natures more than is native to them.
For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men’s blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know;
It is a good divine that follows his own instructions.
And yet,to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.
A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Dispute not with her: she is lunatic.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.
Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.