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 better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool;And time, that takes survey of all the world,Must have a stop.
Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it
Life is a tale told by an idiot -- full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
I say, without characters, fame lives long.
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause; there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life
Thoughts are but dreams till their effects are tried.
The readiness is all.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.