Quotation by Shakespeare

Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Sir Toby Belch, in Twelfth Night, act 2, sc. 3, l. 110-11 (1623).

Speaking to Malvolio. "Cakes and Ale" was used by W. Somerset Maugham as the title of a novel in 1930.
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