Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame <br /> Is lust in action; and till action, lust <br /> Is perjur'd, murd'rous, bloody, full of blame, <br /> Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust; <br /> Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight; <br /> Past reason hunted; and, no sooner had, <br /> Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, <br /> On purpose laid to make the taker mad: <br /> Mad in pursuit, and in possession so; <br /> Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme; <br /> A bliss in proof, and prov'd, a very woe; <br /> Before, a joy propos'd; behind, a dream. <br /> All this the world well knows; yet none knows well <br /> To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.<br /><br />William Shakespeare<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnets-cxxix-th-expense-of-spirit-in-a-waste-of/
