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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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Warwick
Warwickshire
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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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Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne.
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As we sometimes find one thing while we are looking for another, so, if truth escaped me, happiness and contentment fell in my way.
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As there are some flowers which you should smell but slightly to extract all that is pleasant in them ... so there are some men with whom a slight acquaintance is quite sufficient to draw out all that is agreeable a more intimate one would be unsafe and unsatisfactory.
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The heart that once has been bathed in love's pure fountain retains the pulse of youth forever.
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It is delightful to kiss the eyelashes of the beloved--is it not? But never so delightful as when fresh tears are on them.
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There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.
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When the mind loses its feeling for elegance, it grows corrupt and groveling, and seeks in the crowd what ought to be found at home.
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Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us ordinary men gain much.
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I delight in the diffusion of learning yet, I must confess it, I am most gratified and transported at finding a large quantity of it in one place just as I would rather have a solid pat of butter at breakfast, than a splash of grease upon the table-cloth that covers half of it.
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