“Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.
Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace,
Yet Grace must still look so.”

— William Shakespeare , Macbeth

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English playwright and poet 1564–1616

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Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace,
Yet Grace must still look so.”