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
I will praise any man that will praise me.
Time and the hour run through the roughest day.
For I can raise no money by vile means.
Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.
Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.
Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.
O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
What is past is prologue.