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Fame, they tell you, is air but without air there is no life for any without fame there is none for the best.

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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Fame
Air
Tell
Best
Without
Life

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Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude.
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There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.
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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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