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
Let no such man be trusted.
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.
For my part, it was Greek to me.
My pride fell with my fortunes.
Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!
I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.
'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.
I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
I was adored once too.
I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.
Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.
How well he's read, to reason against reading!
Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.