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
The spirit that I have seen May be the devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape
O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio is dead! That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds which too untimely here did scorn the earth.
Boy, what sign is it when a man of great spirit grows melancholy?
For I am full of spirit and resolve to meet all perils very constantly.
All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed.
How now, wit! Whither wander you?
There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't
Glendower: I can call the spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come, when you do call for them?
The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders At out quaint spirits.
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Fie, fie upon her!There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip,Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look outAt every joint and motive of her body.
It is the cowish terror of his spirit that dares not undertake; he'll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answer.
The spirit of a youth That means to be of note, begins betimes.
Pardon, gentles all, the flat unraised spirits that have dared on this unworthy scaffold to bring forth so great an object.