Consult duty not events.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

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...

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

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 principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

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...

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

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...

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.

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...

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.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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.

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...

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...