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
Sweet are the uses of adversity
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
Bulldogs are adorable, with faces like toads that have been sat on. My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind; So flew'd, so sanded; their heads are hung with ears that sweep away the morning dew...
Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.
Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
Make use of time, let not advantage slip.
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
I would not wish any companion in the world but you.
A light heart lives long.
Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you
Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls.
Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.
Boldness be my friend.
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.