《罗密欧与朱丽叶》第二幕第六场：
the sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite:
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
最甜的蜜糖可以使味觉麻木;不太热烈的爱情才会维持久远。
原文：
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite:
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
这种狂暴的快乐将会产生狂暴的结局,正像火和火药的亲吻,就在最得意的一刹那烟消云散。
最甜的蜜糖可以使味觉麻木;不太热烈的爱情才会维持久远。太快和太慢,结果都不会圆满。
