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
The sands are number'd that make up my life; Here must I stay, and here my life must end.
O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a dial's point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour.
And a man's life's no more than to say "One."
Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe. And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.
O excellent! I love long life better than figs.
All difficulties are easy when they are known.
Crowns have their compass-length of days their date- Triumphs their tomb-felicity, her fate- Of nought but earth can earth make us partaker, But knowledge makes a king most like his Maker.
Too much to know is to know naught but fame.
I had rather be a toad, and live upon the vapor of a dungeon than keep a corner in the thing I love for others uses.
My love is deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, both are infinite.
Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that And manage it against despairing thoughts.
Look, the world's comforter, with weary gait, His day's hot task hath ended in the west: The owl, night's herald, shrieks-'tis very late; The sheep are gone to fold, birds to their nest; And coal-black clouds, that shadow heaven's light, Do summon us to part, and bid good night.
At once, good night- Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once.