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

1570 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1570
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:They are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time: after your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live.
ATTRIBUTION:Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.