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
Kindness, nobler ever than revenge (A Y L I, Act iv, Sc.3)
Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me,From mine own library with volumes thatI prize above my dukedom.
I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the anciently, stealing, fighting.
I would not marry her, though she were endowed with all that Adam had left him before he transgressed.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings.
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
Like oneWho having into truth, by telling of it,Made such a sinner of his memory,To credit his own lie.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.
I were but little happy, if I could say how much
I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.
I will instruct my sorrows to be proud For grief is proud an't makes his owner stoop
Go girl, seek happy nights to happy days.
God, the best maker of all marriages,Combine your hearts in one.
God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.