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
Every fair from fair sometime declines
They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor
Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.
Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own
Falsehood falsehood cures
O, she misused me past the endurance of a block.
Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and fun of invention: taunt him with the licence of ink: if thou thou'st him some thrice, it shall not be amiss; and as many lies as will lie in thy shee.
Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund
Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief
The gallantry of his grief did put me into a towering passion.
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side
Never, never, never, never, never! Pray you, undo this button.
To saucy doubts and fears.
Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks