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 patient must minister to himself
The man that hath no music in himself
Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile
A king of infinite space
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.
If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
You cannot make gross sins look clear: To revenge is no valour, but to bear.
The setting sun, and the music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in rememberance more than long things past.
Go hang yourself, you naughty mocking uncle!
A fusty nut with no kernel.
Thou sodden-witted lord! thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows.
I think thy horse will sooner con an oration than thou learn a prayer without book.