William Shakespeare Quotes
Take heed, dear heart, of this large privilege; The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge.
Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare's Sonnets. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 2004, Sonnet 95.
The Emperor had refused to allow trade between China and the Western “Christians” See {641621}. The English diplomats implied to the Emperor that the ships would trade with costal Chinese despite his edicts. He threatened to use force to prevent contact. His Empire, however, was not strong enough militarily to keep the English and other Christians away.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
