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
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Sometimes, less is more.
That which I would discover The law of friendship bids me to conceal.
If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends; for when did friendship take A breed for barren metal of his friend?
Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election, Sh'ath sealed thee for herself.
Thy friendship makes us fresh.
To mingle friendship far is mingling bloods.
I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends.
To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown; But where there is true friendship, there needs none.
The band that seems to tie their friendship together will be the very strangler of their amity.
A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.
Keep thy friend Under thy own life's key.
I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good Friends
There is flattery in friendship.