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Ridicule has followed the vestiges of truth, but never usurped her place.

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
Place
Truth
Never
Vestiges
Usurped
Ridicule
Followed

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