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
All the world's a stage.
Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
A light heart lives long.
Let every man be master of his time.
To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.
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.
The rude sea grew civil at her song,And certain stars shot madly from their spheresTo hear the sea-maid's music.
The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief: He robs himself that spends a bootless grief