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I know death hath ten thousand several doors For men to take their exit.
I know death hath ten thousand several doors For men to take their exit.
Approximate author period: c. 1602 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- John Webster
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- Approximate author period: c. 1602 AD · renaissance
Approximate author-period evidence for John Webster: documented activity in 1602. Wikidata Q225904, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q225904 (accessed 2026-10-08).
An author lifetime, approximate period or collection date is not necessarily the date when these words were first written or spoken. - Recorded source
- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Duchess of Malfi. Act iv. Sc. 2.
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