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 spirit that I have seen May be the devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape
While you live tell the truth and shame the devil.
A woman is a dish for the gods, if the devil dress her not.
Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold
Zounds! sir, you are one of those that will not serve God if the devil bid you.
The devil is a gentleman.
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet in this.
Fie, thou dishonest Satan! I call thee by the most modest terms; for I am one of those gentle ones that will use the devil himself with courtesy: sayest thou that house is dark?
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil!
When devils will the blackest sins put on They do suggest at first with heavenly shows
Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either master the devil or throw him out With wondrous potency.
The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.
O devil, devil! If that the earth could teem with woman's tears, each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.