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
I durst not laugh for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air.
Good with out evil is like light with out darkness which in turn is like righteousness whith out hope.
It is the very error of the moon; She comes more nearer earth than she was wont, And makes men mad.
Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on.
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.
Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.
Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done.
O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
Assume a virtue if you have it not.
Love is familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love." -
Summer's lease hath all too short a date.
I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.
Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.