Walter Savage Landor Quotes

Walter Savage Landor
English Poet
Born: Jan 30, 1775
Died: Sep 17, 1864
Always Great Happy Men Religion Wise
Related authors: Alexander Pope Alfred Lord Tennyson John Keats John Milton Percy Bysshe Shelley Robert Browning William Blake William Wordsworth
We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier. Walter Savage Landor
Happiness Happy Wish Soon Longer Happier
Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven. Walter Savage Landor
Music Art God Man Gift Earth Given Only Take Heaven
Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another. Walter Savage Landor
Kindness Unkindness Honey Ourselves Another Sting
Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws. Walter Savage Landor
Men Bad Bad Men Laws Make Certainly Many
Consult duty not events. Walter Savage Landor
Events Duty Consult
Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess. Walter Savage Landor
Truth Men Consequences Small Excess Attended Like Quantities Calms Juice Irritates Them Poppy Larger Fatal
No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner. Walter Savage Landor
Few Those Out Lighter Sooner Than Few Things Burn Ashes Incense Things
Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name! Walter Savage Landor
Reward Rest Power Ambition Fading Name Fame Little Transient Grave
Great men always pay deference to greater. Walter Savage Landor
Great Men Pay Great Men Greater Always
Delay in justice is injustice. Walter Savage Landor
Justice Injustice Delay
My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them. Walter Savage Landor
Thoughts Together Detain Select Them Dismiss Company Bring
Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend. Walter Savage Landor
Men Lose Bend Direction Nails Like Begin Usefulness
We talk on principal, but act on motivation. Walter Savage Landor
Talk Principal Motivation Act
In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always. Walter Savage Landor
Politics Truth Argument Finally Prevails Always Falsehood
We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented. Walter Savage Landor
Be Happy Happy We Cannot Because Contented Cannot
A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice. Walter Savage Landor
Man Justice Honor Tells Vanity Him Conscience
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. Walter Savage Landor
Mind Bitterest Feels Praise
I strove with none; for none was worth my strife. Walter Savage Landor
Worth Strife None
There is nothing on earth divine except humanity. Walter Savage Landor
Humanity Nothing Earth Except Divine
There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer. Walter Savage Landor
Singing Though Beside Delight Singer None Hear
Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good. Walter Savage Landor
Happiness Good Happy Men Goodness More Make Makes Does Than Them Certainly
There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie within it. Walter Savage Landor
Life Lie Path Few Out Easy Leading Within
Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much. Walter Savage Landor
Great Men Lose Great Men Somewhat Greatness Being Gain Ordinary Ordinary Men Us Much Near
Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age. Walter Savage Landor
Age Youth Old Old Age Adulthood Study Indulgence Bane Childhood Oil
Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him. Walter Savage Landor
Religion Made Think Weakest He Wiser Wisest Conceited Him Himself Calls Than Who Even Differently

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