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
The last taste of sweets is sweetest last.
This world to me is like a lasting storm,Whirring me from my friends.
Although the last, not least.
Love that we cannot have is the one that lasts the longest,hurts the deepest,but feels the strongest
Fight to the last gasp.
But shall we wear these glories for a day? Or shall they last, and we rejoice in them?
Virtue preserv'd from fell destruction's blast, Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last.
This act is an ancient tale new told; And, in the last repeating, troublesome, Being urged at a time unseasonable.
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
Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight, Past reason hunted, and no sooner had Past reason hated
Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.
And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
And all this day an unaccustomed spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.