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
And all this day an unaccustomed spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
O, spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou!
It is the cowish terror of his spirit that dares not undertake; he'll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answer.
The spirit of a youth That means to be of note, begins betimes.
Pardon, gentles all, the flat unraised spirits that have dared on this unworthy scaffold to bring forth so great an object.
Put on The dauntless spirit of resolution.
Extremity is the trier of spirits.
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
Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.
Oh, I am fortune's fool!
Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.