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
Cry 'Havoc', and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial
We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.
Foul words is but foul wind, and foul wind is but foul breath, and foul breath is noisome; therefore I will depart unkissed.
Nothing can seem foul to those that win
Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in a foul oyster
Virtue is chok'd with foul ambition
Foul whisperings are abroad
In thy foul throat thou liest.
So fair and foul a day i had not seen.
Fair is foul, and foul is fair:Hover through the fog and filthy air.
Foul whisp'rings are abroad.
So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
Thou lump of foul deformity!
Nothing can seem foul to those who win.