"To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume..."

“To guard a title that was rich before,
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.”

- Salisbury (King John, Act IV scene ii)

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