William Shakespeare

1564 - 1616

Poet, Playwright and Actor

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”

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William Shakespeare Quote - Love does not see with the eyes, but with the soul. Free

William Shakespeare

Love does not see with the eyes, but with the soul.

William Shakespeare Quote - Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird’s life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends. Free

William Shakespeare

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird’s life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends.

William Shakespeare Quote - Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! Free

William Shakespeare

Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is!

William Shakespeare Quote - Of all the flowers, me thinks a rose is best. Free

William Shakespeare

Of all the flowers, me thinks a rose is best.

William Shakespeare Quote - Lord, what fools these mortals be! Free

William Shakespeare

Lord, what fools these mortals be!

William Shakespeare Quote - There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. Free

William Shakespeare

There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is.

William Shakespeare Quote - Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Free

William Shakespeare

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare Quote - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils. Free

William Shakespeare

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

William Shakespeare Quote - The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. Free

William Shakespeare

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

William Shakespeare Quote - Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. Free

William Shakespeare

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

About 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”

Notable Works

William Shakespeare’s unparalleled literary legacy is anchored by his legendary tragedies, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet, which profoundly explore the depths of human ambition, grief, and fated love. He displayed an equal mastery of comedy and romance through A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, weaving together brilliant wit, magic, and complex social commentary. Beyond his thirty-eight plays, his collection of 154 Sonnets revolutionized poetry by introducing timeless meditations on love, time, beauty, and mortality. Together, these masterpieces shaped the modern English language and remain the most widely performed and adapted works in theatrical history.

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