William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is 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" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 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 those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
Quotes
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If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. -
This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. -
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If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work. -
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There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.
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The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day
Is crept into the bosom of the sea. -
And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak. -
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True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings;
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings. -
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The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it. -