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• Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred. -- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- A Sketch
• He made him a hut, wherein he did put The carcass of Robinson Crusoe.
  O poor Robinson Crusoe! -- Samuel Foote (1720-1777) -- The Mayor of Garratt, Act i, Sc. 1...
• Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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• The major sin is the sin of being born. -- Samuel Becke
• Born in 1945. The replacement for WW II.
• As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.
  -- Izaak Walton (1593-1683) -- The Complete Angler, Author's Preface...
• But be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Twelfth Night -- Act ii, Sc. 5...
• T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VIII -- Act ii, Sc. 3...