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
Each your doing,So singular in each particular,Crowns what you are doing in the present deed,That all your acts are queens.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels ...
Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving,
When devils will the blackest sins put on They do suggest at first with heavenly shows
Give me my sin again.
Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.
But since he died, and poets better prove,Theirs for their styleI'll read, his for his love.
Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.Close up his eyes and draw the curtain close;And let us all to meditation.
Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling.
Virtue that transgresses is but patched with sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue.
One sin another doth provoke.
Sin will pluck on sin.
Self-love is the most inhibited sin in the canon.
To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest gust; But, in defence, by mercy, 'tis most just.