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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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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.

Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the...

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the...

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

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

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

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.

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

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...

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,...

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

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