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 fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.
Men that make Envy and crooked malice nourishment, Dare bite the best.
I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
I wonder men dare trust themselves with men.
Mend when thou canst; be better at thy leisure.
The urging of that word, judgment, hath bred a kind of remorse in me.
I see men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer all alike.
I stand for judgment: answer: shall I have it?
I doubt not then but innocence shall makeFalse accusation blush, and tyrannyTremble at patience.
Mine honor is my life, both grow in one. Take honor from me, and my life is done. Then, dear my liege, mine honor let me try; In that I live, and for that I will die.
Truly the souls of men are full of dread: Ye cannot reason almost with a man That looks not heavily and full of fear.
It is a basilisk unto mine eye, Kills me to look on't.
Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly.
Mean and mighty, rotting Together, have one dust.