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Every man has a bag hanging before him, in which he puts his neighbour's faults, and another behind him in which he stows his own.

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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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William Shakspere
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