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Quotation from Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

“The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this and come to dust”

William Shakespeare (spoken by Arviragus)

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

The second stanza of the dirge sets medicine ('physic') beside rule and learning among the powers that cannot escape death.

Citation: "The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this and come to dust" — William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1538). (id cymbeline-q5)

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