William Shakespeare Quotes


O call not me to justify the wrong, That thy unkindness lays upon my heart, Wound me not with thine eye but with thy tongue, Use power with power, and slay me not by art.


Citations

Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare's Sonnets. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 2006, p. 281. Sonnet 139, lines 1-4.

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
  • Born: April 26, 1564
  • Died: April 23, 1616
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Playwright, Poet, Actor

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.