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
Alas, the frailty is to blame, not we For such as we are made of, such we be
Beware the ides of March.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
Oh what fools we mortals are.
Thus may poor fools Belive false teachers.
How poor are they that have have not patients.
I am too old to fawn upon a nurse, Too far in years to be a pupil now.
You are made Rather to wonder at the things you hear Than to work any.
A college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humor. Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?
I do not set my life at a pin's fee, And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
A thousand moral paintings I can show That shall demonstrate these quick blows of Fortune's More pregnantly than words.
Jesu, Jesu, the mad days that I have spent! And to see how many of my old acquaintance are dead!