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
Sometimes, less is more.
That which I would discover The law of friendship bids me to conceal.
Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election, Sh'ath sealed thee for herself.
Thy friendship makes us fresh.
To mingle friendship far is mingling bloods.
I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends.
To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown; But where there is true friendship, there needs none.
The band that seems to tie their friendship together will be the very strangler of their amity.
Keep thy friend Under thy own life's key.
I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good Friends
There is flattery in friendship.
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