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
What thing, in honor, had my father lost, That need to be revived and breathed in me?
Those that do teach young babes Do it with gentle means and easy tasks.
My business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.
So doth the greater glory dim the less: A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by.
Lord, I could not endure a husband with a beard on his face! I had rather lie in the woolen.
I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving.
Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it Without a prompter.
Hung be the heavens with black! Yield, day, to night!
The poor world is almost six thousand years old, and in all this time there was not any man died in his own person, videlicet, in a love-cause.
Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds.
I am sure, Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is.
I would not lose so great an honor As one man more methinks would share with me For the best hope I have.
The fewer men, the greater share of honor.
By being seldom seen, I could not stir But like a comet I was wondered at.