So sayeth the Bard, whose birthday is (supposedly) today. Nobody really knows when he was born, but April 23 is the date you most often see. April 23, 1564.
Came across a very fun article which lets you know only a couple of the phrases (and words) invented (or co-opted) by Shakespeare :
Eaten out of house and home
Pomp and circumstance
Foregone conclusion
Full circle
The makings of
Method in the madness
Neither rhyme nor reason
One fell swoop
Seen better days
It smells to heaven
A sorry sight
A spotless reputation
Strange bedfellows
The world’s (my) oyster
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Thanks, Bill, for achieving such greatness. Or maybe you were born to it. Or maybe it was thrust upon you. Or maybe Chris Marlowe wrote all the plays, and you just get all the credit. Who knows. But thanks anyway. And happy birthday.
sheil..i think Shakespeare also said..”not for nothing”..how very RI of him!
Notfuh nuthin’ but…
Cry God for Harry, England, and St. Geoooooooooorgee….
I can hear Lawrence Olivier’s bizarre line-reading in my head right now.