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Benjamin Franklin Quotes: It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.
         

It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.


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