“The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.”
— Walter Savage Landor
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Every sect is a moral check on
“Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.”
— Walter Savage Landor
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Everything that looks to the future elevates
“Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.”
— Walter Savage Landor
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Prose on certain occasions can bear a
“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
Author: Walter Savage Landor
Category: poetry
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Even the weakest disputant is made so
“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
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Category: religion
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in
“In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.”
— Walter Savage Landor
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Category: politics
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Truth, like the juice of the poppy,
“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
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We are no longer happy so soon
“We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.”
— Walter Savage Landor
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Study is the bane of childhood, the
“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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Goodness does not more certainly make men
“Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.”
— Walter Savage Landor
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Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when
“Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.”
— Walter Savage Landor
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Category: men
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