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Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun, And loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud. All men make faults.

William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
Dramaturge
Playwright
Poet
Stage Actor
Writer
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
Lying
Corruption
Eclipse
Make
Silver
Bud
Men
Clouds
Stains
Faults
Mud
Eclipses
Rose
Thorns
Canker
Sun
Roses
Loathsome
Moon
Sweetest
Fountains
Lies
Fountain
Stain

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