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
Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.
Affection, mistress of passion, sways it to the mood of what it likes or loathes.
The weakest kind of fruit drops earliest to the ground.
Do all men kill the things they do not love?
These blessed candles of the night.
Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.
If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip
We do pray for mercy, and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy.
There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts.