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
He does me double wrong That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is slicked o'er with the pale cast of thought
Die for adultery! No: The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight
Tush! Fear not, my lord, we will not stand to prate; Talkers are no good doers: be assured We come to use our hands and not our tongues.
This feather stirs; she lives! if it be so, it is a chance which does redeem all sorrows that ever I have felt.
Nature does require her times of preservation.
No visor does become black villainy so well as soft and tender flattery.
Speak, what trade art thou? Why, sir, a carpenter. Where is thy leather apron and thy rule? What does thou with thy best apparel on?
The leopard does not change his spots.
The loyalty, well held to fools, does make Our faith mere folly.
My desolation does begin to make A better life.
Talkers are no good doers.
Every good servant does not all commands.
I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.