William Shakespeare Quotes
I'll break my staff, bury it certain fathoms in the earth, and deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book!
Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 1994, p. 147.
At the age of 34 he had become the Union's first victorious general, in a minor skirmish in West Virginia. He was then named commanding general of the Army of the Potomac.
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.
