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
Or art thou but / A dagger of the mind, a false creation, / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Never shame to hear what you have nobly done
Courage and comfort, all shall yet go well
Why, all delights are vain; but that most vain, Which, with pain purchas'd, doth inherit pain.
We bring forth weeds when our quick minds lie still.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
To show our simple skill, That is the true beginning of our end.
For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, and that craves wary walking.
Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.
I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness, glad of other men's good, content with my harm.
I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! For then, 'tis like I should forget myself; O, if I could, what grief should I forget!
O powerful love, that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast.
Macduff: What three things does drink especially provoke? Porter: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine.