LADY MACBETH: Naught’s had, all’s spent,
Where our desire is got without content.
‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than, by destruction, dwell in doubtful joy.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet

Macbeth, Act 3, sc. 2, l. 6ff (3.2.6-9) (1606)
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