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
Beauty within itself should not be wasted.
A good wit will make use of anything.
If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt.
The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.
There's many a man has more hair than wit.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
You have witchcraft in your lips
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
How every fool can play upon the word!
My wits begin to turn.
Macbeth to Witches: What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like th' inhabitants o' th' earth, And yet are on 't?
This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas; And utters it again when God doth please: He is wit's pedler; and retails his wares...
First Witch He knows thy thought: Hear his speech, but say thou nought.
When the age is in, the wit is out