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But I remember now I am in this earthly world, where to do harm Is often laudable, to do good sometime Accounted dangerous folly.

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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
Dramaturge
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Poet
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Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
Bard of Avon
Shakespere
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Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
Stupidity
Harm
Dangerous
Often
Laudable
Remember
Accounted
Good
Sometime
World
Earthly
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