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Experience is our only teacher both in war and peace.

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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Warwick
Warwickshire
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Peace
War
Experience

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We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise.
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Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery.
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No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.
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We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
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Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude.
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Delay in justice is injustice.
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I sometimes think that the most plaintive ditty has brought a fuller joy and of longer duration to its composer that the conquest of Persia to the Macedonian.
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Next in criminality to him who violates the laws of his country, is he who violates the language.
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The vain poet is of the opinion that nothing of his can be too much: he sends to you basketful after basketful of juiceless fruit, covered with scentless flowers.
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