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Poise the cause in justice's equal scales, Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails.

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William Shakespeare
Age: 51 †
Born: 1564
Born: April 26
Died: 1616
Died: April 23
Actor
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Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
The Bard
The Bard of Avon
William Shakspere
Swan of Avon
Bard of Avon
Shakespere
Shakespear
Shakspeare
Shackspeare
William Shake‐ſpeare
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Rightful
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Justice
Prevails
Sure
Beam
Scales
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Equal

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