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
Nature does require her time of preservation, which perforce, I her frail son amongst my brethren mortal, must give my attendance to.
I am not in the giving vein today.
Give obedience where 'tis truly owed.
If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket.
Come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy, That one short minute gives me in her sight
But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Oppose not rage while rage is in its force, but give it way a while and let it waste.
I have a kind soul that would give you thanks. And knows not how to do it but with tears.
Things in motion sooner catch the eye than what not stirs.
When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents.
The object of Art is to give life a shape.
Love asks me no questions, and gives me endless support.
Love for thy love , and hand for hand I give.