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In my garden I spend my days in my library I spend my nights.
Alexander Smith
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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
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Cille Mheàrnaig
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Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May.
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The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.
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A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.
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If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.
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