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Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.

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Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
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A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
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In the name of God! said Gurth, how came they prisoners? and to whom? Our master was too ready to fight, said the Jester, and Athelstane was not ready enough, and no other person was ready at all.
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The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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