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Tyrants never perish from tyranny, but always from folly,-when their fantasies have built up a palace for which the earth has no foundation.
Walter Savage Landor
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Walter Savage Landor
Age: 89 †
Born: 1775
Born: January 30
Died: 1864
Died: September 17
Poet
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Warwick
Warwickshire
Never
Tyrants
Folly
Tyranny
Fantasy
Foundation
Palace
Built
Fantasies
Earth
Palaces
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Perish
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