William Shakespeare Quotes
Every true man's apparel fits your thief.
Shakespeare, William. Measure for Measure. Edited by W. J. Craig, Oxford University Press, 1914.
Some people erroneously claim that Clement Atlee was the target of this insult. He was not according to Churchill himself.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three 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 those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.