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Quote by William Shakespeare
I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured

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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Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. – William Shakespeare

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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler

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The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. – Henry Miller

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