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
Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy hand out of plackets, thy pen from lender's books, and defy the foul fiend.
Every cloud engenders not a storm.
Make passionate my sense of hearing.
My father's wit, and my mother's tongue, assist me!
Set honour in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently.
Live how we can, yet die we must.
Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might. Whoever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight.
I fill up a place, which may be better... when I have made it empty.
The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the books of honor razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd
And in the end... the love you get equals the love you give
Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Like a red morn that ever yet betokened, Wreck to the seaman, tempest to the field, Sorrow to the shepherds, woe unto the birds, Gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and to herds.
Know more than other. Work more than other. Expect less than other
Man and wife, being two, are one in love.