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
Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne'er be younger.
Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear; When little fears grow great, great love grows there.
Why so large a cost, having so short a lease, does thou upon your fading mansion spend?
To be wise and love exceeds man's might.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine.
We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all.
Write till your ink be dry, and with your tearsMoist it again, and frame some feeling lineThat may discover such integrity.
Would I were dead, if God's good will were so,For what is in this world but grief and woe?
To fear the worst oft cures the worse.
What! Wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
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.