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
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.
The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo; And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp, Or like a cunning instrument cased up Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.
Knavery's plain face is never seen till used.
Guiltiness will speak, though tongues were out of use
How use doth breed a habit in a man.
Get thee a good husband, and use him as he uses thee.
He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.
Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe
O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!
Ask me no reason why I love you; for though Love use Reason for his physician, he admits him not for his counsellor.
A good wit will make use of anything.
Use almost can change the stamp of nature.
Fairies use flowers for their charactery.
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.