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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
Poet
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Warwick
Warwickshire
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Nails
Lost
Suffered
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Hath
Every
Punishment
Rabble
Effect
Bravely
Worse
Borne
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Nail
Public
Toes

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