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
Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
Charity itself fulfills the law. And who can sever love from charity?
To offend and judge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures.
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
There is a law in each well-ordered nation To curb those raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory.
That which I would discover The law of friendship bids me to conceal.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupts, but being seasoned with a gracious voice obscures the show of evil.
And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good. Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrants use it cruelly.
The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree.
Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.
"Lawyers Are": Perilous mouths.