William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 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, 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 those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres. Until about 1608, he wrote mainly tragedies, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language.
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, Shakespeare's works have been continually adapted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain popular and are studied, performed, and reinterpreted through various cultural and political contexts around the world.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 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, 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 those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres. Until about 1608, he wrote mainly tragedies, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language.
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, Shakespeare's works have been continually adapted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain popular and are studied, performed, and reinterpreted through various cultural and political contexts around the world.
Quotes:
- “Hear the meaning within the word.”
- “Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.”
- “Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time.”
- “Expectation is the root of all heartache.”
- “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
- “If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.”
- “Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.”
- “Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”
- “Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.”
- “Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”
- “Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”
- “Have more than you show, speak less than you know.”
- “To do a great right do a little wrong.”
- “Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.”
- “Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.”
- “Don't trust the person who has broken faith once.”
- “A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still gently allows you to grow.”
- “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
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