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
Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
It is a sin to be a mocker.
It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath.
Tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation.
I'll read enough When I do see the very book indeed Where all my sins are writ, and that's myself.
The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Virtue that transgresses is but patched with sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue.
One sin another doth provoke.
To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest gust; But, in defence, by mercy, 'tis most just.
Sin, that amends, is but patched with virtue.
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.