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Quotation from Sonnets by William Shakespeare

“So shall thou feed on Death, that feeds on men, And Death once dead, there’s no more dying then.”

William Shakespeare (spoken by The poet)

Sonnets, Sonnet 146, lines 13-14 (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of William Shakespeare

The couplet of the speaker's address to his own soul, urging it to starve the body's vanity and so conquer death.

Citation: "So shall thou feed on Death, that feeds on men, And Death once dead, there’s no more dying then." — William Shakespeare, Sonnets, Sonnet 146, lines 13-14 (Project Gutenberg text). (id shakespeares-sonnets-q7)

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

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