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Everything is sweetened by risk.

Alexander Smith

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
Everything
Sweetened
Risk

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To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
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