文档介绍：Quotes by William Shakespeare
---When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
The Merchant of Venice
---There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Hamlet 
--The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The Merchant of Venice
---Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
All's Well That Ends Well
---To be, or not to be: that is the question.
Hamlet
---This night methinks is but the daylight sick.
The Merchant of Venice
---Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Twelfth Night
---It's not enough to speak, but to speak true.
Midsummer Night's Dream
---Truth e to sight; murder cannot be hid long.
The Merchant of Venice
---All that glisters is not gold.
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
I. Brief Introduction to the Writer
1. Life Story
William Shakespeare is one of the most remarkable playwrights and poets the world has ever known. All through his life he has written 38 plays, 154 s and 2 long poems. Because of his works he has established his giant position in world literature.
We know little about Shakespeare. The facts of Shakespeare’s life, which are not enough, came down to us from three sources: church and legal records, folk traditions and ments of his contemporaries. From church and legal records people can learn something about his birth, marriage, business records, and his death. These give us a rough outline of his life, which is far from plete. The old people from Shakespeare’s hometown and London know something about him personally. They can give something about the poet’s biography when written records are lacking. People can also learn about Shakespeare’s image and his influence upon his time from ments upon Shakespeare’s plays and poems in the works of his contemporaries.
William was born into a merchant’s family on April, 23rd, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father was a trader in wool, hides and leather articles. He wa