To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to throw a perfume on the violet, to smooth the ice, or add another hue unto the rainbow, or with taper-light to seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
 William Shakespeare, King John (1623). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source King John
Topic waste excess
Date 1623
Language English
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Note Written around 1596
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