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The foundation of domestic happiness is faith in the virtue of woman.
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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To my ninth decade I have totter'd on, And no soft arm bends now my steps to steady She, who once led me where she would, is gone, So when he calls me, Death shall find me ready.
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I hate false words, and seek with care, difficulty, and moroseness, those that fit the thing.
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