William Shakespeare Quotes
I have drunk and seen the spider.
Shakespeare, William. The Winter's Tale. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 1998, p. 55.
The English had sent a cask of rum as a “token of friendship” It was returned
Churchill was rebuked by a female member of parliament for being intoxicated.
Her daughter did not then take the advice and when she did regret it, as her mother had warned, it was too late. She was executed in the French Revolution. It is by no means clear however that had she taken the advice and respected the French customs more, the result would have been any different. The revolutionary forces of France at the time were building and the Queen’s behavior gave the revolutionists a soft target, but there were many other troubles in France---most much more important than court behavior of the queen.
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.
