"Those that much covet are with gain so……" — William Shakespeare
"Those that much covet are with gain so fond, For what they have not, that which they possess They scatter and unloose it from their bond, And so, by hoping more, they have but less; Or, gaining more, the profit of excess Is but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain, That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain."
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3,182 Quotes by William Shakespeare
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Were kisses all the joys in bed, One woman would another wed.
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There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.
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