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
We'll have a swashing and a martial outside, as many other mannish cowards have.
Unhand me, gentlemen,By heaven! I'll make a ghost of him that lets me.
You have stayed me in a happy hour.
To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature
Thou, old Adam's likeness, set to dress this garden.
Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried.
Though this be madness, yet there is method
Thought are but dreams till their effects are tried.
Thus to persistIn doing wrong extenuates not wrong,But makes it much more heavy.
Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne'er be younger.
I do beseech you- Though I perchance am vicious in my guess , that your wisdom yet From one that so imperfectly conjects Would take no notice, nor build yourself a trouble Out of his scattering and unsure observance.
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.
The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite. Therefore, love moderately.
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear