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
Determine on some course more than a wild exposure to each chance.
Should all despair That have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind Would hang themselves.
And either victory, or else a grave.
Who has a book of all that monarchs do, He's more secure to keep it shut than shown; For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind, Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself; And yet the end of all is bought thus dear, The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear To stop the air would hurt them.
To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm.
Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood.
Great men should drink with harness on their throats.
Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.
Coal-black is better than another hue In that it scorns to bear another hue; For all the water in the ocean Can never turn the swan's black legs to white, Although she lave them hourly in the flood.
Ships are but boards, sailors but men.
O shame, where is thy blush?
Two may keep counsel putting one away!
You know That I do fawn on men, and hug them hard, And after scandal them.
No particular scandal one can touch but it confounds the breather.