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
A high hope for a low heaven: God grant us patience!
Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.
I would that I were low laid in my grave. I am not worth this coil that's made for me.
How low am I, thou painted maypole? (Hermia to Helena)
Out of my lean and low abilityI'll lend you something.
Thou wert best set - thy lower part where thy nose stands
We are gentlemen that neither in our hearts nor outward eyes envy the great nor shall the low despise.
Graze on my lips, and if those hills are dry, Stray lower where the pleasant fountains lie
Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows
Every one can master a grief but he that has it
The blood more stirsTo rouse a lion than to start a hare!
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life
Still have I borne it with a patient shrug,For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Striving to be better, oft we mar what's well.