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
God, the best maker of all marriages,Combine your hearts in one.
God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.
While you live tell the truth and shame the devil.
Well could I curse away a winter's night,Though standing naked on a mountain top,Where biting cold would never let grass grow,And think it but a minute spent in sport.
Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous
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.
I drink to the general joy of the whole table. - from Macbeth