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
Were all the letters sun, I could not see one.
As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free.
There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.
Coward dogs most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten runs far before them.
O, reason not the need!
To beguile the time, look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue.
To beguile the time, look like the time.
A little water clears us of this deed.
My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a heart so white.
Make me a willow cabin at your gate, And call upon my soul within the house; Write loyal cantons of contemned love And sing them loud even in the dead of night.
Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it.
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
The let-alone lies not in your good will.
This thing of darkness I Acknowledge mine.