A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A...

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A...

The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make...

The wise become as the unwise in the enchanted chambers of Power, whose lamps make...

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...

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next...

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next...

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

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

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

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is...

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is...

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

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

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...

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

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

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

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A...

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A...

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...

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and...

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and...

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in mens clothes.

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in mens clothes.

Study without thought is vain: thought without study is dangerous.

Study without thought is vain: thought without study is dangerous.

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a...

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a...