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If there were no falsehood in the world, there would be no doubt, if there were no doubt, there would be no inquiry if no inquiry, no wisdom, no knowledge, no genius and Fancy herself would lie muffled up in her robe, inactive, pale, and bloated.

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
Fancy
Inactive
Genius
Muffled
Doubt
Bloated
Wisdom
Robe
Knowledge
Robes
Lying
Inquiry
Would
Falsehood
World
Pale

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