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
Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator.
Silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible.
A maiden hath no tongue--but thought.
Should the poor be flattered? No; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where thrift may follow fawning.
Alas, the frailty is to blame, not we For such as we are made of, such we be
Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.
Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral bak'd meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Beware the ides of March.
Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Let no such man be trusted.
There's place and means for every man alive.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.