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Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
Farmer
Novelist
Painter
Photographer
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
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Writer
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Cellarius
Wit
Hearts
Neither
Stay
Running
Away
Enough
Heart
Indecision

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