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
Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die.
Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, bear t that th' opposed may beware of thee.
In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear!
Is he on his horse? O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony!
So every bondman in his own hand bears The power to cancel his captivity.
Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.
Exit, pursued by a bear.
So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born.
More can I bear than you dare execute.
What man dare, I dare. Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The armed rhinoceros, or th' Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble.
Contention, like a horse, Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loose, And bears down all before him.
Have you not love enough to bear with me, when that rash humor which my mother gave me makes me forgetful.
No metal can--no, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness of thy sharp envy.