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We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
Walter Savage Landor
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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
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Warwick
Warwickshire
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I warmed both hands before the fire of life It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
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I strove with none for none was worth my strife.
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Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition never to be listened to, and to be listened to always.
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