A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.

O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.

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...

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.

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...

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...

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...

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats...

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats...

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.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

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...

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.

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

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

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

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.

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 Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.