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 like not fair terms and a villain's mind.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
The means that heaven yields must be embraced, and not neglected; else, if heaven would, and we will not heaven's offer, we refuse the proffered means of succor and redress.
The worm is not to be trusted...
There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. ~William Shakespeare
I say there is no darkness but ignorance.
Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire. Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow Of bragging horror. So shall inferior eyes, That borrow their behaviors from the great, Grow great by your example and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution.
He that is strucken blind can not forget the precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
O, the difference of man and man! To thee a woman's services are due.
Woe, destruction, ruin, and decay; the worst is death and death will have his day.
The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!
The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.
We are oft to blame in this, - 'tis too much proved, - that with devotion's visage, and pios action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.
A high hope for a low heaven: God grant us patience!