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When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one reason for letting it alone.
When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one reason for letting it alone.
Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
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- Sir Walter Scott
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- Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 103; printed byline: Sir Walter Scott; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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