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
We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed, As 'twere a careless trifle.
Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, Where death's approach is seen so terrible!
Think'st thou I'd make a life of jealousy, To follow still the changes of the moon With fresh suspicions? No; to be once in doubt Is once to be resolved.
And my poor fool is hanged! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, Never, Never, Never, Never! Pray you, undo this button.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our own virtues.
Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep.
Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.
Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life's means!
We are not the first Who with best meaning have incurred the worst
Care is no cure, but rather corrosive, For things that are not to be remedied.
If fortune torments me, hope contents me.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done.