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
O father Abram! what these Christians are,Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspectThe thoughts of others!
I wasted time, and now doth Time waste me: For now hath Time made me his numb'ring clock; My thoughts are minutes
My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel; I know not where I am nor what I do.
Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried.
So are you to my thoughts as food to life, or as sweet seasoned showers are to the ground.
Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own
Our wills and fates do so contrary runThat our devices still are overthrown;Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.
Once more the engine of her thoughts began. . . .
To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet
When our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors
When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though know she lies
Done to death by slanderous tongue
Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting That would not let me sleep.