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 sea all water, yet receives rain still,And in abundance addeth to his store,So thou being rich in will add to thy willOne will of mine to make thy large will more.
Cry 'Havoc', and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.
And where two waging fires meet togetherThey do consume the thing that feeds their fury.Though little fire grows great with little wind,Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
And where the offence is, let the great axe fall.
And when love speaks, the voice of all the godsMakes heaven drowsy with the harmony.
And whatsoever else shall hap tonight, Give it an understanding, but no tongue
And what have kings that privates have not too,Save ceremony, save general ceremony?
Are you come to meet your trouble? The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.
Drink some wine ere you go: fare you well.
Each your doing,So singular in each particular,Crowns what you are doing in the present deed,That all your acts are queens.
Eternity was in our lips and eyes,Bliss in our brows bent.