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I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.
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
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
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Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
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