William Shakespeare Quotes
Hal, if I tell thee a lie, spit in my face, call me horse.
Shakespeare, William. King Henry IV, Part 1. The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd ed., edited by G. Blakemore Evans, Houghton Mifflin, 1997, act 2, sc. 4, ll. 192-93.
When Billy Carter ran for mayor of Plains, GA, he predicted:
Referring to his opponent in the 1926 New York gubernatorial race, incumbent Governor Al Smith:
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.
