William Shakespeare a-t-il vraiment dit « If music be the food of love, play on » ?

William Shakespeare a-t-il vraiment dit « If music be the food of love, play on » ?

Trouvé mot pour mot. Oui. Le texte figure dans des œuvres attribuées à William Shakespeare. Source et emplacement ci-dessous.

DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die. That strain again! It had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour! Enough, no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou! That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there, Of what validity and pitch soe'er, But falls into abatement and low price …
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — William Shakespeare, ACT I. SCENE I. The DUKE'S palace · ¶5459 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #100 · source

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