Best Walter Savage Landor Quotations
- I hate false words, and seek with care, difficulty, and moroseness, those that fit the thing. Care
- True wit, to every man, is that which falls on another. Every Man
- Authors are like cattle going to a fair: those of the same field can never move on without butting one another. Authors
- Clear writers, like fountains, do not seem so deep as they are; the turbid look the most profound. Clear
- Consult duty not events. Consult
- I strove with none; for none was worth my strife. Inspirational
- The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander. Cannot Squander
- Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Elevates
- Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art. Art
- There is no eloquence which does not agitate the soul. Agitate
- How sweet and sacred idleness is! Idleness
- You should indeed have longer tarried By the roadside before you married. Inspirational
- Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven. Angel
- The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love. Anger
- Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend. Begin
- Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much. Fierce
- My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them. Bring
- Delay in justice is injustice. Delay
- 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… Attended
- Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws. Bad
- No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner. Ashes
- Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose. Bear
- There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer. Beside
- Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library. Exploring
- I strove with none, for none was worth my strife. Nature I loved and, next to Nature, Art: I warm'd both hands before the fire… Art
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