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
I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.
Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.
Mine eyes are full of tears, my heart of grief.
Be collected. No more amazement. Tell your piteous heart There's no harm done.
The blood weeps from my heart when I do shape, In forms imaginary, th' unguided days And rotten times that you shall look upon When I am sleeping with my ancestors.
Myself will straight aboard, and to the state This heavy act with heavy heart relate.
To die: - to sleep: No more; and, by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.
I cannot, nor I will not hold me still; My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.
Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand,Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.
Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. It is engend'red in the eyes, With gazing fed, and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies.
Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole.
When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind opresses, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress.
A merry heart goes all the way, - A sad one tires inan hour.
Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.