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Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.

David Gemmell

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
Author
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
Friend
Peace
Death
Thing
Learnt
Bark
Bite
Bites
Worse

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I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.
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Love is for fools. It is a surging of blood in the loins ... there is no mystery, and no magic. Find someone else, my boy.
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I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land.
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