Each year, birthday celebrations for William Shakespeare around the globe are plenty. From performances and sonnet readings to Elizabethan crafts, there's something for everyone.
My contributions this year are some favorite quotes from #Shakespeare.
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, | Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, | To the last syllable of recorded time; | And all our yesterdays have lighted fools | The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! | Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, | That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, | And then is heard no more. It is a tale | Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, | Signifying nothing."
~ Macbeth
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
~ All's Well That Ends Well
“Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.”
~ Twelfth Night
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown".
~ Henry IV, Part II
"We have seen better days."
~Timon of Athens
"All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts."
~ As You Like It
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
~ The Merchant of Venice
Photo illustration: © 2018 Janet Giampietro.
