William Shakespeare Quotes
I do not set my life at a pin's fee,
And for my soul, what can it do to that,
Being a thing immortal as itself?
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 1992, p. 55.
This was the group that decided who was to be executed in the Reign of Terror. He was such an extremist, many said blood thirsty, that he was indeed turned on, persecuted, and executed. His acts and words have lived on—both the good and the bad, but both fanatic.
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.
