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 spring, the summer,The chilling autumn, angry winter, changeTheir wonted liveries; and the mazed worldBy their increase, now knows not which is which.
For by his face straight shall you know his heart.
For love, thou know'st, is full of jealousy
You know who you are, but know not who you could be.
Love is too young to know what conscience is.
Is it possible he should know what he is, and be that he is?
Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud; but, God He knows, thy share thereof is small.
You know that love Will creep in service where it cannot go.
Let them obey that knows not how to rule.
Let me be ignorant, and in nothing good, but graciously to know I am no better.
More fools know Jack Fool than Jack Fool knows.
Life... is a paradise to what we know of death.
Demand me nothing: what you know, you know.
Until I know this sure uncertainty, I'll entertain the offered fallacy.