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
Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, bear t that th' opposed may beware of thee.
[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.
I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.
Enough no more; Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
Tis safter to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
Fair is foul, and foul is fair, hover through fog and filthy air.
If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well. It were done quickly.
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that.
I am indeed not her fool, but her corrupter of words. (Act III, sc. I, 37-38)
You cannot, sir, take from me any thing that I will more willingly part withal: except my life, except my life, except my life.
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague the inventor.
To persevere In obstinate condolement is a course Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
From this time forth My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!