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
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man Still to remember wrongs?
Omittance is no quittance.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
What our contempts do often hurl from us, We wish it ours again.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
Our rash faults Make trivial price of serious thing we have, Not knowing them until we know their grave.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste: Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
They that touch pitch will be defiled.
God defend the right.
The spirit of a youth That means to be of note, begins betimes.
For youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears, Than settled age his sables, and his weeds Importing health and graveness.