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
Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do.
What e'er thou art, act well thy part.
Sound trumpets! Let our bloody colours wave! And either victory, or else a grave.
The day shall not be up so soon as I, To try the fair adventure of tomorrow.
There is little choice in a barrel of rotten apples.
So every bondman in his own hand bears The power to cancel his captivity.
All the world is a stage and we are merely players.
Men should be what they seem; Or those that be not, would they might seem none!.
My love is as a fever, longing still.
He is well paid that is well satisfied.
The king hath note of all that they intend, by interception which they dream not of.
Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor.
Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow! But it means that they have the ability to deal with it
Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when the sea was calm all boats alike showed mastership in floating.