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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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Ceremony was but devised at first to set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, recanting goodness, sorry ere Tis shown; but where there is true friendship, there needs none. – William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death. – Jack Black

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Im completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. – George Carlin

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There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth. – Elias Canetti

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My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesnt seem to add up to very much. – Gwyneth Paltrow

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