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
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.
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
Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age
Doubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.
How use doth breed a habit in man!
Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know
Day doth daily draw my sorrows longer, And night doth nightly make grief's length seem stronger
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
The lady doth protest too much, me thinks
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed; And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But coward-like with trembling terror die
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