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

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

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...

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

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...

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

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.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

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 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...

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

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.

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.

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.

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,...

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

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

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