What does Nerrisa means by saying, superfluity comes sooner by which white hairs, but completely line's longer?
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And yet for aught I see, they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. It is no mean happiness, therefore, to be seated in the mean. Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. NERISSA. You'd be tired, madam, if you had bad luck rather than wealth and good luck.
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In “The Merchant Of Venice” Act-1, scene-2, Nerissa said that,“You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are. And yet for aught I see, they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. It is no mean happiness, therefore, to be seated in the mean. Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.”
In other words, it means ,”You’d be tired, madam, if you had bad luck rather than wealth and good luck. But as far as I can tell, people with too much suffer as much as people with nothing. The best way to be happy is to be in between. When you have too much you get old sooner, but having just enough helps you live longer.”
Their conversation continued, but i believe these will suffice.