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(862)
'So then he hath it when he cannot use it, (863)

And leaves it to be master'd by his young; (864)

Who in their pride do presently abuse it: (865)

Their father was too weak, and they too strong, (866)

To hold their cursed-blessed fortune long.
(867)
The sweets we wish for turn to loathed sours (868)

Even in the moment that we call them ours.

William Shakespeare. W. G. Clark. W. Aldis Wright. The Globe Shakespeare. New York. Nelson Doubleday, Inc.

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