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
What's done is done. The joy is in the doing.
Never shame to hear what you have nobly done
Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done.
Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon as done.
For sorrow ends not, when it seemeth done.
Demetrius: Villain, what hast thou done? Aaron: That which thou canst not undo. Chiron: Thou hast undone our mother. Aaron: Villain, I have done thy mother.
Yet this my comfort: when your words are done, My woes end likewise with the evening sun.
Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so; And, being done, thus Wall away doth go.
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well. It were done quickly.
Done to death by slanderous tongue
Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, And we are for the Dark.
Officers, what offence have these men done? DOGBERRY Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and, to conclude, they are lying knaves.
It is far easier for me to teach twenty what were right to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
What's done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed.