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
But since he died, and poets better prove,Theirs for their styleI'll read, his for his love.
Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.
Like oneWho having into truth, by telling of it,Made such a sinner of his memory,To credit his own lie.
O, what authority and show of truth can cunning sin cover itself withal!
Tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation.
One sin, I know, another doth provoke. Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.
I'll read enough When I do see the very book indeed Where all my sins are writ, and that's myself.
Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary
The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
By that sin fell the angels.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief
Virtue that transgresses is but patched with sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue.