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 worst is death, and death will have his day.
Shall not be long but I'll be here again:Things at the worst will cease, or else climb upwardTo what they were before.
To fear the worst oft cures the worst.
Things at the worst will cease or else climb upward To what they were before.
The private wound is deepest. O time most accurst, 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst!
Yet, do thy worst, old Time; despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young.
And worse I may be yet: the worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.
We are not the first Who with best meaning have incurred the worst
To fear the worst oft cures the worse.
Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows
Every one can master a grief but he that has it
The blood more stirsTo rouse a lion than to start a hare!
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life
Still have I borne it with a patient shrug,For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.