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Something of the severe hath always been appertaining to order and to grace and the beauty that is not too liberal is sought the most ardently, and loved the longest.
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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A little praise is good for a shy temper it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.
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Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier.
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It is easy to look down on others to look down on ourselves is the difficulty.
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All schools of philosophy, and almost all authors, are rather to be frequented for exercise than for weight.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally in politics, falsehood always.
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Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.
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I warmed both hands before the fire of life It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
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Dignity, in private men and in governments, has been little else than a stately and stiff perseverance in oppression and spirit, as it is called, little else than the foam of hard-mouthed insolence.
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