WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
23 Apr 1564 - 23 Apr 1616
English
poet, playwright, and actor, famous for his masterful manipulation
of the English language and his enduring plays.
Shakespeare wrote hundreds of poems and more than 30 plays,
and even in his day was well known and his skill much admired.
His work helped transform theater by expanding people's expectations
on what could be accomplished onstage through characterization,
plot, and language. His poetic style raised the popular perception
of theater, making it more accessible to intellectuals who
wanted more than just pleasant entertainment.
For much more on Shakespeare and his life, read this
article.
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QUOTES
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Key: "Quote" [relevant subjects] | [source issue] | original
source
"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs."
[Love]
| [1.5]
"He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than
the staple of his argument."
[Eloquence, Speech
& Speaking] | [1.12]
| Love’s Labor’s Lost, V.i.6
"Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble…
By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes."
[Halloween] | [1.13]
| Macbeth, IV.i.12
"When griping grief the heart doth wound,
And doleful dumps the mind oppress…
Then music, with her silver sound
With speedy help doth lend redress."
[Music] | [1.17]
| Romeo and Juliet, IV.v.122, 128
"Striving to better, oft we mar what's well."
[Human Nature,
Oxymoronic] | [1.19]
| King Lear, I.iv.226
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