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
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Some kinds of baseness are nobly undergone.
The urging of that word, judgment, hath bred a kind of remorse in me.
A kind Of excellent dumb discourse.
I am a kind of burr; I shall stick.
There is a kind of character in thy life, That to the observer doth thy history, fully unfold.
I must be cruel, only to be kind.
I have heard of some kind of men that put quarrels purposely on others, to taste their valor.
The Hebrew will turn Christian; he grows kind.
Kindness nobler ever than revenge.
Be as just and gracious unto me, As I am confident and kind to thee.
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.