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 as thou wast wont to be. See as thou wast wont to see.
In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear!
Methought I was enamour'd of an ass.
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold
Take pains. Be perfect.
The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
I charge thee, hence, and do not haunt me thus.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.
So fair and foul a day i had not seen.
Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear.
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.