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What did William Shakespeare mean when he said A man loves the meat in his youth that cannot endure age?

In this line from William Shakespeare's play "King Lear," the speaker, Edmund, is suggesting that young men tend to be attracted to physical beauty and sensual pleasures but lose interest in these things as they age. The "meat" in this context refers to physical beauty or sexual attraction, while "age" represents the loss of these qualities over time.

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