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
These times of woe afford no time to woo.
It were a grief so brief to part with thee. Farewell.
And will 'a not come again? And will 'a not come again? No, no, he is dead, Go to thy death bed: He will never come again.
He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone; At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone.
They are but beggars that can count their worth.
Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. *Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.*
How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath To say to me that thou art out of breath?
What early tongue so sweet saluteth me?
Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.
Ay me! for aught that ever I could read, could ever hear by tale or history, the course of true love never did run smooth.
The rest, is silence.
Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace, Yet Grace must still look so.
He that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail.
I have a soul of lead So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.