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 jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try
The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may have in the sworn twelve a thief or two guiltier than him they try.
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.
The heavens themselves, the planets and this centreObserve degree, priority and place.
The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed; And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But coward-like with trembling terror die
And it is greatTo do that thing that ends all other deeds,Which shackles accidents, and bolts up change.
And many strokes though with a little axe hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak.
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
And nothing can we call our own but deathAnd that small model of the barren earthWhich serves as paste and cover to our bones.For God's sake, let us sit upon the groundAnd tell sad stories of the death of kings.
All, with one consent, praise newborn gawds (sic), though they are made and molded of things past
All things are ready, if our minds be so.
All the world's a stage, and the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.