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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If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor mens cottage princes palaces. – William Shakespeare

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I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate. – Jack Kevorkian

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We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife. – William Shatner

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Theres stuff I dont like to rehearse, really emotional things, I dont like to rehearse. You just beat it to death. – Kat Dennings

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As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven. – Douglas Horton

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