Why, all delights are vain; but that most vain, Which, with pain purch…

William Shakespeare
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Why, all delights are vain; but that most vain, Which, with pain purchas'd, doth inherit pain. ✨ William Shakespeare (2015). Peines d’amour perdues, p.38, Editions Gallimard
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