About William Shakespeare:
William Shakespeare is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two 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.
...the antidote to death was and always would be the heat and fury of life itself.
William ShakespeareLove is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate, Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving,
William ShakespeareFor I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, Who art as black as hell, as dark as night.
William ShakespeareBe not self-willed, for thou art much too fair To be death’s conquest and make worms thine heir.
William Shakespeare