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Truth is a point, the subtlest and finest harder than adamant never to be broken, worn away, or blunted. Its only bad quality is, that it is sure to hurt those who touch it and likely to draw blood, perhaps the life blood, of those who press earnestly upon it.

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
Point
Touch
Earnestly
Upon
Harder
Finest
Away
Broken
Worn
Truth
Perhaps
Presses
Never
Blood
Press
Life
Hurt
Draw
Blunted
Quality
Likely
Subtlest
Sure
Draws
Adamant

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