William Shakespeare Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: 1564 - April 23, 1616
Birthday: 1564
Death: April 23
But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
source: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 67
topic: Life, Flower, Rose, Mid Summer Nights Dream, Midsummer Night's Dream, Midsummer Nights Dream, Summer Nights, Midsummer, Withering, Dreaming At Night, Blessedness, Theseus
