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age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / her infinite variety

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Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / Her infinite variety

A sentence from the play Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare. A friend of Mark Antony says that Cleopatra is overwhelmingly attractive to men not so much because of her beauty as because of her fascinating unpredictability and range of moods.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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