To illuminate Q's apodictically sapient objet trouv� only slightly, the quote inferred is from John Heywood's 'A dialogue Conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of All the Prouerbes in the Englishe Tongue' (1546) and reads thus: "'Wolde you bothe eate your cake, and haue your cake?' John Ray's 'A collection of English Proverbs' (1670) included this version: "You can't eat your cake and have your cake". Other's followed, including the modern rendering: "You can't have your cake and eat it too", from The Origins, Meanings and Time-Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings Olde and New by Stuart Flexner and Doris Flexner (Avon Books, New York, 1993), along with it's meaning... One can't use something up and still have it to enjoy, as previously stated...