A person of the right sort is one who has a solid grasp and… - Alfred Austin

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A person of the right sort is one who has a solid grasp and realistic apprehension of people and things as they are, an irresistible inclination to transfigure them according to his imagination, and an inexhaustible supply of philosophic humour.

Alfred Austin

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Alfred Austin DL (30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896.

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If you are not something of a philosopher,—and by philosophy I understand a serene temper, and the maintaining of an equable mind under the sharpest disappointments,—I do not advise you to cultivate, or at any rate to grow enamoured of, a garden.

Never fear to weep;
For tears are summer showers to the soul,
To keep it fresh and green.

Death is the looking-glass of life wherein
Each man may scan the aspect of his deeds.

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