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
Lay on, McDuff, and be damned he who first cries, 'Hold, enough!
Let's all cry peace, freedom, and liberty!
Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it.
Comets importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky And with them scourge the bad revolting stars.
Cry 'Havoc', and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial
Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die.
I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers.
I have full cause of weeping, but this heart shall break into a hundred thousand flaws or ere I'll weep.
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry.
But if the cause be not good, the King himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs and arms and heads chopped off in a battle shall join together at the latter day, and cry all, 'We died at such a place' - some swearing, some crying f
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings.
Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous
We came into the world like brother and brother;And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.
Over hill, over dale,Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale,Thorough flood, thorough fire,I do wander everywhere.