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The vain poet is of the opinion that nothing of his can be too much: he sends to you basketful after basketful of juiceless fruit, covered with scentless flowers.
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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The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
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We listen to those whom we know to be of the same opinion as ourselves, and we call them wise for being of it but we avoid such as differ from us.
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Those who in living fill the smallest space, In death have often left the greatest void.
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Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.
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There is no easy path leading out of life, and few are the easy ones that lie within it.
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