The Sheila Variations

"April hath put a spirit of youth in everything."

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

Pretty cool.

And don't forget:

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.

Posted by sheila