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
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.
My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.
A friend i'the court is better than a penny in purse.
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead!
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good dead in a naughty world.
All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.
What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted! Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, and he but naked, though locked up in steel, whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
The purest treasure mortal times afford, is spotless reputation; that away, men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
The rude sea grew civil at her song,And certain stars shot madly from their spheresTo hear the sea-maid's music.
The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief: He robs himself that spends a bootless grief