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
A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine.... If I had a thousand sons, the first human principle I would teach them should be, to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sack.
A cup of hot wine with not a drop of allaying Tiber in 't.
Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such fantastic tricks before high heaven as make the angels weep
I might not this believeWithout the sensible and true avouchOf mine own eyes.
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
We are gentlemen that neither in our hearts nor outward eyes envy the great nor shall the low despise.
To fear the worst oft cures the worse.
What! Wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Here is my journey's end, here is my butt; And very sea-mark of my utmost sail.
Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style
Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending
Go girl, seek happy nights to happy days.