Quotation by Shakespeare

He must be taught, and trained, and bid go forth:
A barren-spirited fellow; one that feeds
On objects, arts, and imitations,
Which, out of use and staled by other men,
Begin his fashion.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Antony, in Julius Caesar, act 4, sc. 1, l. 35-9.

On Lepidus, the third member of the triumvirate ruling Rome as one whose attention is taken by curiosities, tricks and copying fashions that are already obsolete.
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