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
... And death unloads thee.
The sense of death is most in apprehension, And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Trust not your daughter's minds By what you see them act.
Diseases desperate grown By desperate appliances are relieved, Or not at all.
Every subject's duty is the Kings, but every subject's soul is his own.
Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Yield not thy neck To fortunes yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance.
For where is any author in the world Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye?
Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured.
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest ...
The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree.
Season your admiration for a while.
Tis but a base, ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels ...