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As surfeit is the father of much fast,
So every scope, by the immoderate use,
Turns to restraint. Our natures do pursue,
Like rats that ravin down their proper bane,
A thirsty evil, and when we drink we die.
[Claudio to Lucio in Measure for Measure 1.2]
Shakespeare, William
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 | Weeds in the Garden of Words: Further Observations on the Tangled History of the English Language |
| Published: 20 June, 2005 |
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| Author: Kate Burridge |
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When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rhyme
In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have expr
Shakespeare, William
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