But no perfection is so absolute, That some impurity doth not pollute.…

William Shakespeare
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But no perfection is so absolute, That some impurity doth not pollute. ✨ William Shakespeare (1856). The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with additional notes, p.99
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