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
Our holy lives must win a new world's crown.
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
Love is a wonderful, terrible thing
Love is the greatest of dreams, yet the worst of nightmares.
I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.
Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.
And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!
Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
But love is blind and lovers cannot see
Your cause of sorrow must not be measured by his worth, for then it hath no end.