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Meat eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion.
Walter Scott
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Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
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Steady of heart and stout of hand.
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Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.
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Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.
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Never was flattery lost on a poet's ear a simple race, they waste their toil for the vain tribute of a smile.
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Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again but if once cracked can never be repaired.
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