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
Men of few words are the best men." (3.2.41)
Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
Good words are better than bad strokes.
So all my best is dressing old words new.
They say the tongues of dying men enforce attention, like deep harmony: Where words are scarce, they're seldom spent in vain.
He would say untruths and be ever double, Both in his words and meaning
But words are words; I never yet did hearThat the bruised heart was pierced through the ear.
It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings.
Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous
We came into the world like brother and brother;And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.