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
My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel; I know not where I am nor what I do.
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
Let me be boiled to death with melancholy.
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you-trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines. Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, the whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear.
Love is . . . a madness most discreet
Upon thy cheek I lay this zealous kiss, as seal to the indenture of my love.
All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told.
The purest treasure mortal times can afford is a spotless reputation.
The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.
Hear the meaning within the word....
Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet.
He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.
The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie.