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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave One hour of life crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. - Quote by Sir Walter Scott

One hour of life crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.

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