Category - Walter Savage Landor

Truth Walter Savage Landor

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

Religion Walter Savage Landor

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 Walter Savage Landor

Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.

– Walter Savage Landor

Power Walter Savage Landor

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

Poetry Walter Savage Landor

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.

– Walter Savage Landor

Happiness Walter Savage Landor

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

– Walter Savage Landor

Happiness Walter Savage Landor

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

– Walter Savage Landor

Art God Music Walter Savage Landor

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

Anger Walter Savage Landor

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

– Walter Savage Landor

Age Walter Savage Landor

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.

– Walter Savage Landor

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