From Sonnet 116:
...Love is not love
Which alters when it 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...
Love |
William Shakespeare quoteMethinks the lady doth protest too much
William Shakespeare quote Plainly conceive: I love you
William Shakespeare quote Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end (Sonnet 60)
William Shakespeare quote Is this her fault or mine? The tempter or the tempted, who sins most? - Measure for Measure
William Shakespeare quote Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy - Hamlet Act 5, Scene 1
William Shakespeare quote O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention-Henry V
William Shakespeare quote For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise (Sonnet 106)
Praise |
William Shakespeare quoteBiography
The most famous English playwright of all time, 1564 - 1616. He wrote a large number of plays in different genres, such as comedies, tragedies, histories and of course romances.
Some of his work is still regularly studied in classrooms to this day so his influence is enduring; for instance Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth are still commonly studied. His longest play was Hamlet which many consider to be the greatest play of all time.
His influence on the English language was immense with a surprisingly high number of words tracing their origin to his work, as indeed do many phrases.
His mind was clearly very productive and his command for story telling and commenting on humans and humanity meant his stories have reached through the ages even if the language now is difficult to understand. For many he is the greatest writer that has ever lived.
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