What win I, if I gain the thing I seek?
A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy.
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week?
Or seeks eternity to get a toy?
For one sweet grape, who will the vine destroy?
-William Shakespeare-
The Rape of Lucrece
Lines 211-215
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