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
O happy dagger!This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.
Give me some music; music, moody foodOf us that trade in love.
I have a good eye, uncle; I can see a church by daylight
She that was ever fair and never proud,Had tongue at will, and yet was never loud.
A wretched soul bruised with adversity,We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;But were we burdened with like weight of pain,As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
But here's the joy: my friend and I are one... Then she loves but me alone!
Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.
The world is grown so bad, that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.Since every Jack became a gentleman,There's many a gentle person made a Jack.
Shall not be long but I'll be here again:Things at the worst will cease, or else climb upwardTo what they were before.
Men's judgments areA parcel of their fortunes; and things outwardDo draw the inward quality after them,To suffer all alike.
And give to dust that is a little gilt More laud than gilt o'er-dusted
Custom hath made it in him a property of easiness.
How excellent it is to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use like a giant.
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.