Quote#Sadness
So soon kills not the basilisk with sight
Quote byRobert Greene · 1558–1592
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Groatsworth of Wit (1592), "Verses against Enticing Couttezans", l. 9; Dyce, p. 310.
English (original)
So soon kills not the basilisk with sight, The viper's tooth is not so venomous, The adder's tongue not half so dangerous, As they that bear the shadow of delight, Who chain blind youths in trammels of their hair, Till waste brings woe, and sorrow hastes despair.
— Robert Greene
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