“More skillful in self-knowledge, even more pure,
As tempted more; more able to endure,
As more exposed to suffering and distress.”

Source: Character of the Happy Warrior http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww302.html (1806), Line 23.

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English Romantic poet 1770–1850

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“More skillful in self-knowledge, even more pure,
As tempted more; more able to endure,
As more exposed to suffering and distress.”