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
Discharge my followers; let them hence away, From Richard's night to Bolingbrooke's fair day.
In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond...
Faint heart never won fair maid.
But what's so blessed-fair that fears no blot? Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not.
Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts To courtship and such fair ostents of love As shall conveniently become you there.
Faults that are rich are fair.
So fair and foul a day i had not seen.
The arms are fair, When the intent of bearing them is just.
Is she kind as she is fair?
And she's fair I love.
Fair, kind, and true, have often lived alone.
Speak me fair in death.
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