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I would not live over my hours past ... not unto Cicero's ground because I have lived them well, but for fear I should live them worse.

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Thomas Browne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1605
Born: October 19
Died: 1682
Died: October 19
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Sir Thomas Browne
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