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
Good reasons must of force give place to better.
Love reasons without reason.
I do know when the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows.
When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths.
All pride is willing pride.
The present eye praises the present object.
That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another and praising the speaker, but which makes them go away thoughtful and serious, and hastening to be alone.
Good things should be praised.
The sweets we wish for, turn to loathed sours, Even in the moment that we call them ours.
The devil knew what he did when he made men politic; he crossed himself by it.
Dumb jewels often, in their silent kind, more than quick words, do move a woman's mind.
You must confine yourself within the modest limits of order.
Press not a falling man too far; 'tis virtue: His faults lie open to the laws; let them, Not you, correct him.
What's past and what's to come is strew'd with husks And formless ruin of oblivion.