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
The deep of night is crept upon our talk, And Nature must obey necessity.
Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep.
Sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye.
Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.
Downy sleep, death's counterfeit.
There is no slander in an allowed fool, though he do nothing but rail.
Slander, whose whisper over the world's diameter, as level as the cannon to its blank, transports its poisoned shot.
On Rumor's tongue continual slanders ride.
Thou art a slave, whom fortune's tender arm With favour never clasp'd; but bred a dog.
Mechanic slaves With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers, shall Uplift us to the view.
Sin will pluck on sin.
Be checked for silence, But never taxed for speech.
Silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible.
O villains, vipers, dogs, easily won to fawn on any man!