Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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

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

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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 talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

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...

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand,...

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand,...