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The Eighth Commandment was not made for bards.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Age: 61 †
Born: 1772
Born: October 21
Died: 1834
Died: July 25
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Men, I still think, ought to be weighed not counted.
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Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.
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