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Every witticism is an inexact thought that which is perfectly true is imperfectly witty.
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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The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.
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He who first praises a book becomingly is next in merit to the author.
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Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear Of his strange language all I know Is, there is not a word of fear.
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We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.
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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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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
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Experience is our only teacher both in war and peace.
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The sweetest souls, like the sweetest flowers, soon canker in cities, and no purity is rarer there than the purity of delight.
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We care not how many see us in choler, when we rave and bluster, and make as much noise and bustle as we can but if the kindest and most generous affection comes across us, we suppress every sign of it, and hide ourselves in nooks and covert.
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He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt. The most sparkling and pointed flame of wit flickers and expires against the incombustible walls of her sanctuary.
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Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may.
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Political men, like goats, usually thrive best among inequalities.
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Patience, piety, and salutary knowledge spring up and ripen under the harrow of affliction before there is wine or oil, the grape must be trodden and the oil pressed.
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We fancy we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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When a woman hath ceased to be quite the same to us, it matters little how different she becomes.
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Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.
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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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I have since written what no tide Shall ever wash away, what men Unborn shall read o'er ocean wide And find Ianthe's name agen.
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The foundation of domestic happiness is faith in the virtue of woman.
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Despotism sits nowhere so secure as under the effigy and ensigns of freedom.
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