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Piety--warm, soft, and passive as the ether round the throne of Grace--is made callous and inactive by kneeling too much.
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
Passive
Soft
Inactive
Round
Ether
Rounds
Kneeling
Warm
Callous
Grace
Throne
Much
Piety
Made
Thrones
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The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess.
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Cruelty is the highest pleasure to the cruel man it is his love.
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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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