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
Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.
There lives within the very flame of love A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it.
Well-apparel'd April on the heel Of limping Winter treads.
That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimms, and makes it indistinct As water is in water
Nothing can seem foul to those who win.
Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.
Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!
That which I would discover The law of friendship bids me to conceal.
If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends; for when did friendship take A breed for barren metal of his friend?
Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election, Sh'ath sealed thee for herself.
Thy friendship makes us fresh.
To mingle friendship far is mingling bloods.
I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends.