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
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.
The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.
Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.
It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.
The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.
Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.
There's many a man has more hair than wit.
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.
Now is the winter of our discontent.
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.