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Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return.

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Bayard Taylor
Age: 53 †
Born: 1825
Born: January 11
Died: 1878
Died: December 19
Critic
Diplomat
Explorer
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
Politician
Translator
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Littles
Burn
Live
Tasks
Large
Little
Ignorance
Make
Return
Like
Learning
Fire
Learn
Doth

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