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Who, noteless as the race from which he sprung, Saved others' names, but left his own unsung.
Walter Scott
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Walter Scott
Age: 61 †
Born: 1771
Born: August 15
Died: 1832
Died: September 21
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Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
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Woman's faith and woman's trust, Write the characters in dust.
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Vengeance to God alone belongs But, when I think of all my wrongs My blood is liquid flame!
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It 's no fish ye 're buying, it 's men's lives.
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Thus aged men, full loth and slow, The vanities of life forego, And count their youthful follies o'er, Till Memory lends her light no more.
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The schoolmaster is termed, classically, Ludi Magister, because he deprives boys of their play.
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I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my grey friar's frock, and all shall be well again.
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And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
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Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.
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