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 apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse.
There is an old poor man,. . . . Oppress'd with two weak evils, age and hunger.
Sometimes we are devils to ourselves When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, Presuming on their changeful potency.
Zounds! sir, you are one of those that will not serve God if the devil bid you.
The devil is a gentleman.
Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, Where death's approach is seen so terrible!
Ill deeds is doubled with an evil word.
People’s good deeds we write in water. The evil deeds are etched in brass.
Virtue is beauty, but the beauteous evil. Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devil.
No evil lost is wailed when it is gone.
No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns.
It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.
Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And pitch our evils there?
Before the curing of a strong disease, Even in the instant of repair and health, The fit is strongest. Evils that take leave, On their departure most of all show evil.