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Those who speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy.

Walter Savage Landor

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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
Poet
Writer
Warwick
Warwickshire
Usually
Speak
Great
Envy
Morality

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