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
Sweets grown common lose their dear delight.
Learning is but an adjunct to ourself, And where we are our learning likewise is.
All difficulties are easy when they are known.
Crowns have their compass-length of days their date- Triumphs their tomb-felicity, her fate- Of nought but earth can earth make us partaker, But knowledge makes a king most like his Maker.
Too much to know is to know naught but fame.
Too much to know is to know nought but fame; And every godfather can give a name.
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.
I say there is no darkness but ignorance.
Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
Own more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest.
Hereafter in a better world than this,I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
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.
The purest treasure mortal times afford, is spotless reputation; that away, men are but gilded loam or painted clay.