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
What can be avoided Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?
Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.
I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.
God bless thee; and put meekness in thy breast, Love, charity, obedience, and true duty!
Love denied blights the soul we owe to God.
The quality of mercy is not strained
To whom God will, there be the victory.
Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done.
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
The hideous god of war.
God is our fortress, in whose conquering name Let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarks.
However wickedness outstrips men, it has no wings to fly from God.
Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.