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
My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent.
We make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars; as if we were villians by compulsion.
So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.
I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.
Glory grows guilty of detested crimes.
Guiltiness will speak, though tongues were out of use
A wicked conscience mouldeth goblins swift as frenzy thoughts.
The mind of guilt is full of scorpions.
All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand! Oh, oh, oh!
They whose guilt within their bosom lies, imagine every eye beholds their blame.
And then it started like a guilty thingUpon a fearful summons.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.
The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed; And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But coward-like with trembling terror die
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.