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
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, For I never saw true beauty till this night
I might not this believeWithout the sensible and true avouchOf mine own eyes.
My love is deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, both are infinite.
Ceremony was but devised at first to set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, recanting goodness, sorry ere 'Tis shown; but where there is true friendship, there needs none.
O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. - Romeo -
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.
Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown; But where there is true friendship, there needs none.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.
They are but beggars that can count their worth, but my true love is grown to such excess, I cannot sum up half my sum of wealth.
So true a fool is love that in your will,Though you do anything, he thinks no ill.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove.