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
The lady doth protest too much, me thinks
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
The mightiest space in fortune nature bringsTo join like likes and kiss like native things.
I'll neverBe such a gosling to obey instinct, but standAs if a man were author of himselfAnd knew no other kin.
I know a trick worth two of that.
I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience
I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, and from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.
I pray thee, understand a plain man in his plain meaning.
If love be rough with you, be rough with love;Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.
If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken and so die.
If music be the food of love, play on: give me excess of it...
I must go seek some dew-drops here,And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
I like your silence, it the more shows off your wonder.
I may justly say with the hook-nosed fellow of Rome, "I came, saw and overcame".