Labour In Vain: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations
Numbering sands and drinking oceans dry.— R. II. ii. 2
You may as well go about to turn the sun to ice, by fanning in his face with a peacock's feather.— H. V. iv. 1.
I have seen a swan With bootless labour swim against the tide, And spend her strength with over-matching waves.— H.VI. PT. III. i. 4