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
The readiness is all.
Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.
The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.
All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Farewell, fair cruelty.
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.