William Shakespeare Biography

William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Occup.Dramatist
FromEngland
BornApril 26, 1564
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
DiedApril 23, 1616
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Aged51 years
William Shakespeare was an English poet, dramatist, and also star, extensively regarded as the greatest author in the English language and also the globe's pre-eminent dramatist. He is commonly called England's nationwide poet and also the "Bard of Avon". His enduring works, including some partnerships, include concerning 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative rhymes, as well as a couple of other verses, several of unsure authorship. His plays have actually been equated into every significant living language and are done more frequently than those of any type of various other dramatist.

Shakespeare was born and increased in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he wed Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna as well as twins Hamnet as well as Judith. In between 1585 as well as 1592, he started a successful profession in London as a star, writer, and also part-owner of a playing business called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later called the King's Men. He shows up to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later on. Couple of documents of Shakespeare's personal life make it through, and also there has been significant speculation regarding such issues as his physical appearance, sexuality, faiths, and whether the works credited to him were composed by others.

Shakespeare produced a lot of his well-known job between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were mostly funnies and backgrounds and are considered as some of the most effective job produced in these styles. He then wrote primarily catastrophes up until regarding 1608, including District, King Lear, Othello, as well as Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last stage, he composed tragicomedies, additionally known as love, as well as collaborated with various other playwrights.

Most of his plays were released in versions of varying top quality and also accuracy during his lifetime. In 1623, 2 of his former staged associates released the First Folio, a gathered version of his remarkable works that consisted of just about two of the plays now identified as Shakespeare's. It was preceded with a poem by Ben Jonson, in which Shakespeare is hailed, presciently, as "not of an age, however, for perpetuity". In the 20th and also 21st centuries, his jobs have actually been continuously adapted as well as discovered by brand-new motions in scholarship as well as efficiency. His plays continue to be extremely prominent today and also are continuously researched, executed, as well as reinterpreted in varied social and also political contexts throughout the world.

Our collection contains 173 quotes who is written / told by William, under the main topics: Happiness - Love - Peace - Nature.

Related authors: William Hazlitt (Critic), Plutarch (Philosopher), Christopher Marlowe (Dramatist), John Webster (Playwright), Georg Brandes (Critic), Harold Bloom (Critic), Michael York (Actor), Ben Jonson (Poet), King James I (Royalty), Henrik Ibsen (Poet)

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173 Famous quotes by William Shakespeare

Small: A light heart lives long - William Shakespeare
"A light heart lives long"
Small: Its not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after - William Shakespeare
"Its not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after"
Small: There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures"
Small: Listen to many, speak to a few - William Shakespeare
"Listen to many, speak to a few"
Small: Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart - William Shakespeare
"Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart"
Small: With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come - William Shakespeare
"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come"
Small: Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast - William Shakespeare
"Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast"
Small: How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done! - William Shakespeare
"How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!"
Small: The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it - William Shakespeare
"The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it"
Small: Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything - William Shakespeare
"Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything"
Small: Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who neer loved them - William Shakespeare
"Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them"
Small: Expectation is the root of all heartache - William Shakespeare
"Expectation is the root of all heartache"
Small: Exceeds mans might: that dwells with the gods above - William Shakespeare
"Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above"
Small: Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct - William Shakespeare
"Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct"
Small: Desire of having is the sin of covetousness - William Shakespeare
"Desire of having is the sin of covetousness"
Small: Death is a fearful thing - William Shakespeare
"Death is a fearful thing"
Small: Cowards die many times before their deaths the valiant never taste of death but once - William Shakespeare
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once"
Small: Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness - William Shakespeare
"Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness"
Small: Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes fathers that children with their judgment looked and either m
"Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong"
Small: By that sin fell the angels - William Shakespeare
"By that sin fell the angels"
Small: But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another mans eyes - William Shakespeare
"But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes"
Small: But men are men the best sometimes forget - William Shakespeare
"But men are men; the best sometimes forget"
Small: Brevity is the soul of wit - William Shakespeare
"Brevity is the soul of wit"
Small: Boldness be my friend - William Shakespeare
"Boldness be my friend"
Small: Better three hours too soon than a minute too late - William Shakespeare
"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late"
Small: Better a witty fool than a foolish wit - William Shakespeare
"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit"
Small: Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon t
"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
Small: As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words - William Shakespeare
"As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words"
Small: As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him - William Shakespeare
"As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him"
Small: As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods they kill us for their sport - William Shakespeare
"As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport"
Small: And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in
"And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything"
Small: And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse - William Shakespeare
"And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse"
Small: An overflow of good converts to bad - William Shakespeare
"An overflow of good converts to bad"
Small: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff - William Shakespeare
"Ambition should be made of sterner stuff"
Small: All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances an
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages"
Small: Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless! - William Shakespeare
"Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!"
Small: Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment - William Shakespeare
"Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment"
Small: A peace is of the nature of a conquest for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser - Will
"A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser"
Small: A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age - William Shakespeare
"A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age"
Small: A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool - William Shakespeare
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool"
Small: Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man - William Shakespeare
"Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man"
Small: Life every man holds dear but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life - William Shakespeare
"Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life"
Small: Let no such man be trusted - William Shakespeare
"Let no such man be trusted"
Small: Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course - William Shakespeare
"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course"
Small: Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent - William Shakespeare
"Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent"
Small: Lawless are they that make their wills their law - William Shakespeare
"Lawless are they that make their wills their law"
Small: It will have blood, they say blood will have blood - William Shakespeare
"It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood"
Small: It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions - William Shakespeare
"It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions"
Small: It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves - William Shakespeare
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves"
Small: It is a wise father that knows his own child - William Shakespeare
"It is a wise father that knows his own child"
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