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Quotation from Macbeth by William Shakespeare

“it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance”

William Shakespeare (spoken by Porter)

Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 3 (First Folio (1623), modernised spelling)

Portrait of William Shakespeare

The drunken Porter explains to Macduff what drink provokes, a comic interlude after the murder.

Citation: "it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance" — William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 3 (First Folio (1623), modernised spelling). (id macbeth-q5)

Portrait: Portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1646), Attributed to John Taylor, Public domain.

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