William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, 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". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth23 April 1564
I am not in the roll of common men.
Discuss unto me: art thou officer, Or art thou base, common, and popular?
The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!
I will not choose what many men desire, Because I will not jump with common spirits And rank me with the barbarous multitudes.
Tis ever common That men are merriest when they are from home.
These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men.
It was always yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common.