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Death hath so many doors to let out life.

— John Fletcher

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Source: The Custom of the Country (with Philip Massinger; c. 1619–23; pub. 1647), Act II, scene 2
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Compare: "I know death hath ten thousand several doors For men to take their exits.", John Webster, Dutchess of Malfi (1623); act IV, scene ii

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