The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
 William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1623). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source All's Well That Ends Well
Topic past happiness sadness
Date 1623
Language English
Reference
Note Written between 1604 and 1605
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“For I can guesse, that by thy honest ayde, Thou keptst a wife her selfe, thy selfe a Maide. Of that and all the progresse more and lesse, Resoluedly more leasure shall expresse: All yet seemes well, and if it end so meete, The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. Flourish. The Kings a Begger, now the Play is done, All is well ended, if this suite be wonne, That you expresse Content: which we will pay, With strife to please you, day exceeding day: Ours be your patience then, and yours our parts,” source

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