When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, whic…

William Shakespeare
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When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended. To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on. What cannot be preserved when fortune takes, Patience her injury a mockery makes. The robb'd that smiles steals something for the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief. ✨ 1603-4 Duke to Brabanzio. Othello, act1, sc.3, l.201-4.
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