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
To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature
Every man has business and desire, Such as it is.
There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.
We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.
Why so large a cost, having so short a lease, does thou upon your fading mansion spend?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man Still to remember wrongs?
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
Now, my masters, happy man be his dole, say I; every man to his business.
Time and the hour run through the roughest day.
For my own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men.
A good man's fortune may grow out at heels.
Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the court.
My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient.
You are thought here to be the most senseless and fit man for the constable of the watch, therefore bear you the lantern.