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
Tired with all these for restful death I cry, As to behold desert a beggar born, And needy nothing trimmed in jollity, And purest faith unhappily forsworn, ...
Then hate me when thou wilt, if ever, now, ...
Patience is sottish, and impatience does become a dog that's mad.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire, Begin it with weak straws.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to.
Omittance is no quittance.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste: Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
They that touch pitch will be defiled.
God defend the right.
The spirit of a youth That means to be of note, begins betimes.
What is aught but as 'tis valued?
Would I were dead, if God's good will were so, For what is in this world but grief and woe?