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
Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.
He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Virtue that transgresses is but patched with sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue.
It is held that valor is the chiefest virtue, and most dignifies the haver.
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.
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.