age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety

age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety
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From Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.
DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS: Never; he will not: Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety: other women cloy The appetites they feed: but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies; for vilest things Become themselves in her: that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish.

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