Quote#World
Deceiving world, that with alluring toys
Quote byRobert Greene · 1558–1592
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Groatsworth of Wit (1592), Verses, "Deceiving World", l. 1; Dyce, p. 310.
English (original)
Deceiving world, that with alluring toys Hast made my life the subject of thy scorn, And scornest now to lend thy fading joys, T'outlength my life, whom friends have left forlorn; How well are they that die ere they be born, And never see thy sleights, which few men shun Till unawares they helpless are undone!
— Robert Greene
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