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William Shakespeare - Sonnet 129: "Th` expense of spirit in a waste of shame..."
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Th` expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action; and till action, lust
Is perjur`d, murd`rous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust;
Enjoy`d no sooner but despised straight;
Past reason hunted; and, no sooner had,
Past reason hated, as a swallow`d bait,
On purpose laid to make the taker mad:
Mad in pursuit, and in possession so;
Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;
A bliss in proof, and prov`d, a very woe;
Before, a joy propos`d; behind, a dream.
   All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
   To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
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