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
By that sin fell the angels.
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
When you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that you might ever do nothing but that.
So dear I love him that with him, All deaths I could endure. Without him, live no life
The good I stand on is my truth and honesty.
Lay her i' the earth: And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering angel shall my sister be, When thou liest howling. HAMLET. What, the fair Ophelia! QUEEN GERTRUDE. Sweets to the sweet: farewell!
In friendship, as in love, we are often happier through our ignorance than our knowledge.
Hot blood begets hot thoughts, And hot thoughts beget Hot deeds, And hot deeds is love.
How can tyrants safely govern home, Unless abroad they purchase great alliance.
I had rather eleven died nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.
No, by my soul, I never in my life Did hear a challenge urged more modestly, Unless a brother should a brother dare To gentle exercise and proof of arms.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Women may fall when there's no strength in men.
If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.