age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety
- age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety
- Meaning
Origin
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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