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
Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.
Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.
Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?
There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.
So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
O, had I but followed the arts!
They say miracles are past.
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
Let no such man be trusted.
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.