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

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

Topics: Adulthood Quotes, Study Quotes

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we...

We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we...

We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss...

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss...

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to...

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to...

It is easy to look down on others; to look down on ourselves is the...

It is easy to look down on others; to look down on ourselves is the...

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

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

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

People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie...

There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie...

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

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

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

There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.

There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.

We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

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

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

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.