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
Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!
Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
This above all; to thine own self be true.
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
When you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that you might ever do nothing but that.
The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.