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It's no fish ye're buying, it's men's lives

Quote byWalter Scott · 1771–1832

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Antiquary (1816), Volume I, Ch. 11..

English (original)

It's no fish ye're buying, it's men's lives.

— Walter Scott

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