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
Do not speak like a death's-head, do not bid me remember mine end.
Bondage is hoarse, and may not speak aloud.
Thou speak'st like him's untutored to repeat: Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.
The Dear father Would with his daughter speak, commands her service; Are they inform'd of this?
His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract.
I love thee, and it is my love that speaks
Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal.
She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star. I would not marry her, though she were endowed with all that Adam bad left him before he transgressed.
Let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them.
A heavier task could not have been impos'd, Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable.
For my part, I may speak it to my shame, I have a truant been to chivalry; And so I hear he doth account me too.
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.