1. Shakespeare - Noun
2. Shakespeare - Proper noun
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
Source: WordNetThe remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good - in spite of all the people who say he is very good. Robert Graves
If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. William Hazlitt
Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance. James Joyce
The printing press was at first mistaken for an engine of immortality by everybody except Shakespeare. Marshall McLuhan
It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable. M. H. Abrams
I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education. Tallulah Bankhead