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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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Warwickshire
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We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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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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