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
An habitation giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart.
I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.
If people knew how much I hated them, they'd love me for holding it in.
Time travels at different speeds for different people. I can tell you who time strolls for, who it trots for, who it gallops for, and who it stops cold for.
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
Look how the world's poor people are amazed at apparitions, signs and prodigies!
Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
The people are the city.
Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable; performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great sickness in his judgment that makes it.
What is the city but the people?
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.
People usually are the happiest at home.
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.