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A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.

Lloyd Alexander

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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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Liars
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I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.
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This much have I learned: A man's life weighs more than glory, and a price paid in blood is a heavy reckoning.
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For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
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Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
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After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
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