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The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
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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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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A little praise is good for a shy temper it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.
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We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.
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Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.
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Old trees in their living state are the only things that money cannot command.
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The highest price we can pay for anything is to ask it.
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I see the rainbow in the sky, the dew upon the grass I see them, and I ask not why they glimmer or they pass. With folded arms I linger not to call them back 'twere vain: In this, or in some other spot, I know they'll shine again.
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