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 strawberry grows underneath the nettle And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality.
When Fortune means to men most good, She looks upon them with a threatening eye.
Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day.
Drink down all unkindness.
Our content Is our best having.
What is done cannot be now amended.
Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.
Stones have been known to move and trees to speak.
Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator.
How hard it is to hide the sparks of Nature!
Diseased Nature oftentimes breaks forth In strange eruptions.
The urging of that word, judgment, hath bred a kind of remorse in me.
I stand for judgment: answer: shall I have it?
Mine honor is my life, both grow in one. Take honor from me, and my life is done. Then, dear my liege, mine honor let me try; In that I live, and for that I will die.