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
A man whom both the waters and the wind,In that vast tennis-court, have made the ballFor them to play upon.
That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimms, and makes it indistinct As water is in water
Lords, knights and gentlemen, what I should say My tears gainsay; for every word I speak, Ye see I drink the water of my eye.
A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as dot an inland brook Into the main of waters.
By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust ensuing danger; as, by proof, we see the waters swell before a boisterous storm.
Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.
I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sieve.
Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner, honest water, which ne'er left man i' the mire.
Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught.
The rain, it raineth every day.
Women's weapons, water-drops.
Cease thy counsel, for thy words fall into my ears as priceless as water into a seive.
People’s good deeds we write in water. The evil deeds are etched in brass.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.