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
O father Abram! what these Christians are,Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspectThe thoughts of others!
My crown is in my heart, not on my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen: My crown is called content: A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy.
My crown is in my heart, not in my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen; my crown is called contentment; A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy
Murder's out of tune, and sweet revenge grows harsh
Music do I hear?Ha, ha! keep time: how sour sweet music is,When time is broke and no proportion kept!So is it in the music of men's lives.
My heart prays for him, though my tongue do curse.
My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul
My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules
Now 'tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted;Suffer them now, and they'll outgrow the garden,And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.
When valor preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with.
Thou whoreson, senseless villain!
He is deformed, crooked, old and sere, Ill-faced, worse bodied, shapeless everywhere; Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind; Stigmatical in making, worse in mind.
You are not worth another word, else I'd call you knave.