William Shakespeare Quotes
For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have.
Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 1. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 2015, act 5, sc. 4, lines 168-169.
Comment to President Teddy Roosevelt as while he, as US Secretary of State, dealt extensively with a deceitful Russia as they attempted to expand into Chinese Manchuria which eventually led to the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905.
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.
