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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1004 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1004
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.
ATTRIBUTION:King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.