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
A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers.
We are ready to try our fortunes to the last man.
Come the three corners of the world in arms, and we shall shock them.
Fight to the last gasp.
To whom God will, there be the victory.
Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.
Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him.
I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways.
Go, bid the soldiers shoot.
A man can die but once.
There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.
O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint.
He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the church did echo.
I understand thy kisses, and thou mine, And that's a feeling disputation.