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When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
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Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
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The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
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William Shake‐ſpeare
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Scarce can I speak, my choler is so great. Oh! I could hew up rocks, and fight with flint.
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I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster!
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Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. Now am I dead, Now am I fled My soul is in the sky: Tongue, lose thy light Moon take thy flight. Now die, die, die, die, die.
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O madam, my old heart is cracked, it's cracked!
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