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When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.

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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
Poet
Writer
Warwick
Warwickshire
Cat
Kindness
May
Take
Real
Flatters
Insincere
Safely

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