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Ambition is no cure for love!

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Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
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I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!
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A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.
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Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.
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Here eglantine embalm'd the air, Hawthorne and hazel mingled there The primrose pale, and violet flower, Found in each cliff a narrow bower Fox-glove and nightshade, side by side, Emblems of punishment and pride, Group'd their dark hues with every stain The weather-beaten crags retain.
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Who, noteless as the race from which he sprung, Saved others' names, but left his own unsung.
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Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er.
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Oh, Brignall banks are wild and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there Would grace a summer's queen.
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Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.
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