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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.
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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Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne.
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Greatness, as we daily see it, is unsociable.
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A critic is never too severe when he only detects the faults of an author. But he is worse than too severe when, in consequence of this detection, be presumes to place himself on a level with genius.
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