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
Nothing can come of nothing.
Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.
O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!
She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her.
Blood will have blood.
They say best men are molded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad
Death rock me asleep.
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Listen to many, speak to a few.
Let every man be master of his time.
Men of few words are the best men." (3.2.41)
I do desire we may be better strangers.
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.