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
That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.
I have full cause of weeping, but this heart shall break into a hundred thousand flaws or ere I'll weep.
O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love... 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet...
Why should honor outlive honestly? Orthello
He does me double wrong That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.
This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators, save only he,Did that they did in envy of Caesar;He only, in a general honest thoughtAnd common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elementsSo mixd in him that Nature might stand upAnd say to all the world, This was a man!
Crabbed age and youth cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care.
O war! thou son of Hell!
A woman is a dish for the gods, if the devil dress her not.
A woman moved is like a fountain troubled, Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty.
Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.
Play out the play ...
Though it be honest, it is never good to bring bad news.