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
Beauty within itself should not be wasted.
Patience is sottish, and impatience does become a dog that's mad.
O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on
I wasted time, and now doth Time waste me: For now hath Time made me his numb'ring clock; My thoughts are minutes
The lady doth protest too much, me thinks
Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age
The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed; And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But coward-like with trembling terror die
How use doth breed a habit in man!
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Day doth daily draw my sorrows longer, And night doth nightly make grief's length seem stronger
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.
No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds and doth belie All corners of the world; kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the
Doubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.
I can suck melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks eggs.