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
Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, Losing both beauty and utility.
Ambition's debt is paid.
Now he'll outstare the lightning. To be furious Is to be frightened out of fear.
Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.
Some glory in their birth , some in their skill , Some in their wealth , some in their bodies' force , Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill; Some in their hawks and hounds , some in their horse ; And every humor hath his adjunct pleasure , Wherein it finds a joy above the rest .
Thou art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most lov'd, despis'd! Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon.
A sympathy in choice.
Stones have been known to move and trees to speak.
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant, Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.
Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncle.
Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator.
How hard it is to hide the sparks of Nature!
Diseased Nature oftentimes breaks forth In strange eruptions.
Preposterous ass, that never read so far to know the cause why music was ordain'd! Was it not to refresh the mind of man, after his studies or his usual pain?