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Quotation from Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

“Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust”

William Shakespeare (spoken by Guiderius)

Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1538)

From the dirge the brothers speak over the apparently dead Fidele, a meditation on the common end of all human beings.

Citation: "Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust" — William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1538). (id cymbeline-q4)

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