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
O, what authority and show of truth can cunning sin cover itself withal!
'Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true.
Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale
When devils will the blackest sins put on They do suggest at first with heavenly shows
Give me my sin again.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.
I am a man more sinned against than sinning
Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary
The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
By that sin fell the angels.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Virtue that transgresses is but patched with sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue.