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I hate false words, and seek with care, difficulty, and moroseness, those that fit the thing.
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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Fame often rests at first upon something accidental, and often, too, is swept away, or for a time removed but neither genius nor glory, is conferred at once, nor do they glimmer and fall, like drops in a grotto, at a shout.
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The eyes of critics, whether in commending or carping, are both on one side, like a turbot's.
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