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
By heaven, he echoes me,As if there were some monster in his thoughtToo hideous to be shown.
Heaven give you many, many merry days! - from The Merry Wives of Windsor
Hereafter in a better world than this,I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.
He reads much;He is a great observer, and he looksQuite through the deeds of men.
Her beauty makesThis vault a feasting presence full of light.
Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know
Graze on my lips, and if those hills are dry, Stray lower where the pleasant fountains lie
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
For some must watch, while some must sleep;So runs the world away.
If I thought he'd been valiant and so cunning in fence, I'd have seen him damned ere I'd have challenged him.
I can suck melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks eggs.
I cannot, nor I will not, hold me still;My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.
He that stands upon a slippery place, makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up
He that is well paid is well satisfied.