William Shakespeare was an English dramatist born on April 23, 1564. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest playwrights in history, known for his timeless works such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. Shakespeare's plays explore themes of love, power, and human nature, and his influence on literature and theater continues to be felt today. His legacy is celebrated worldwide.
"I drink to the general joy o' the whole table." Macbeth."
"Now go with me and with this holy manInto the chantry by: there, before him,And underneath that consecrated roof,Plight me the full assurance of your faith."
"True, I talk of dreams,Which are the children of an idle brain,Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,Which is as thin of substance as the air,And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even now the frozen bosom of the north,And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence,Turning his side to the dew-dropping south."
"Seems," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "seems."'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage,Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly: these indeed seem, For they are actions that a man might play: But I have that within which passeth show; These but the trappings and the suits of woe."
"Have more than thou showest Speak less than thou knowest."
"I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting."
"Taffeta phrases silken terms precise Three-piled hyperboles spruce affectation Figures pedantical."
"O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely."
"Love is not love which alters it when alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove: O no! It is an ever fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken; it is the star to every wandering bark whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out, even to the edge of."
"Not marble nor the gilded monumentsOf princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme,But you shall shine more bright in these contentsThan unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time.When wasteful war shall statues overturnAnd broils roots out the work of masonry,Nor mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burnThe living record of your memory.'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmityShall you pace forth; your praise shall still find roomEven in the eyes of all posterityThat wear this world out to the ending doom.So, till judgement that yourself arise,You in this, and dwell in lovers eyes."