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
Glory grows guilty of detested crimes.
I am thy father's spirit; Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night And, for the day, confin'd to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burnt and purg'd away.
My master hath been an honorable gentleman; tricks he hath had in him which gentlemen have.
We must be gentle now we are gentlemen.
There is none but he Whose being I do fear; and under him My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antony's was by Caesar.
O heresy in fair, fit for these days, A giving hand, though foul, shall have fair praise.
To be generous, guiltless, and of a free disposition is to take those things for bird-bolts that you deem cannon-bullets.
O the world is but a word; were it all yours to give it in a breath, how quickly were it gone!
Bounty, being free itself, thinks all others so.
It is lost at dice, what ancient honor won.
That, sir, which serves and seeks for gain, And follows but for form, Will pack, when it begins to rain, And leave thee in a storm.
Men that hazard all Do it in hope of fair advantages: A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross.
O heaven! that one might read the book of fate, and see the revolution of the times.
Before thee stands this fair Hesperides, With golden fruit, but dangerous to be touched; For death-like dragons here affright thee hard.