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“The damps of autumn sink into the leaves and prepare them for the necessity of their fall; and thus insensibly are we, as years close around us, detached from our tenacity of life by the gentle pressure of recorded sorrow.”

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

Book:The Works of Walter Savage Landor

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The Works of Walter Savage Landor

This compilation includes a variety of works by the renowned author, showcasing his literary contributions across different genres. The collection features Landor's poetry, philosophical essays, and personal correspondence, offering insight into his thoughts and literary style. more

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Walter Savage Landor

Walter Savage Landor was an English writer known for his poetry and prose. His works are renowned for their wit, satire, and profound philosophical insights, which have had a lasting impact on literature. more

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Problem Sound Voice Ability Environment Military Communication Tests Backgrounds Superiors Code Selection Noisy Personnel

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“But I have sinuous shells of pearly hue Within, and they that lustre have imbibed In the sun's palace-porch, where when unyoked chariot-wheel stands midway in the wave: Shake one, and it awakens; then apply Its polisht lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there.”

Remember Sun Ocean Ears Lips Wave Wheels Shakes Shells Palaces August Hue Porch Abode Chariots Midway

Book:Delphi Collected Poetical Works of Walter Savage Landor (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Poetical Works of Walter Savage Landor (Illustrated)

“Atheism can never be an institution ... it can never be more than a destitution.”

Atheism Institutions

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“I am working in Paris . I cannot for a single day get the thought out of my head that there probably exists something essential, some immutable reality, and now that I have lost everything else (thank God, it gets lost all on its own) I am trying to preserve this and, what is more, not to be content. In a word: I am working.”

Trying Reality Lost Essentials Preserves Paris Thank God Lost Everything

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“My works are dear to me, each in its own way, I shall have to answer for them on the Day off Judgement. God alone knows whether I shall ever see them again. Quite apart from the money which I was going to receive for their sale there (exhibition in Gallery Der Sturm, Berlin June-July, 1914) and it is no small sum.”

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“No academy could have given me all I discovered by getting my teeth into the exhibitions, the shop windows, and the museums of Paris . Beginning with the market - where, for lack of money, I bought only a piece of a long cucumber - the workman in his blue overall, the most ardent followers of Cubism , everything showed a definite feeling for proportion, clarity, an accurate sense of form, of a more painterly kind of painting, even in the canvases of second-rate artists.”

“But my knowledge of Marxism was limited to knowing that Marx was a Jew, and that he had a long white beard. I said to Lunatcharsky (the political communist commissar for Education, 1918, fh) 'Whatever you do, don't ask me why I painted in blue or green, and why you can see a calf inside the cow's belly, etc. On the other hand you're welcome: if Marx is so wise, let him come back to life and explain it himself'. I showed him my canvases.”

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“In spite of everything, there is still no more wonderful vocation than to continue to tolerate events and to work on in the name of our mission, in the name of that spirit which lives on in our teaching and in our vision of humanity and art, the spirit which can lead us Jews down the true and just path. But along the way, peoples will spill our blood, and that of others.”

Way Art Stills Spirit Humanity Names Vision Path Wonderful Blood Teaching Events Jew Missions Spite Tolerate Vocation Spills

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“All our mortal lives are set in danger and perplexity: one day to prosper, and the next -- who knows? When all is well, then look for rocks ahead.”

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