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
Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
The mightier man, the mightier is the thing That makes him honored or begets him hate; For greatest scandal waits on greatest state.
Gloucester, we have done deeds of charity, made peace of enmity, fair love of hate, between these swelling wrong-incensed peers.
By Heaven, my soul is purg'd from grudging hate; And with my hand I seal my true heart's love
I am misanthropos, and hate mankind, For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog, That I might love thee something.
And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
If the masses can love without knowing why, they also hate without much foundation.
Then hate me when thou wilt, if ever, now, ...
Love thyself last, cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
O, let him pass. He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
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.
Alas, the frailty is to blame, not we For such as we are made of, such we be
And all this day an unaccustomed spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.