Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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It is easy to look down on others; to look down on ourselves is the...

It is easy to look down on others; to look down on ourselves is the...

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,...

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.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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...

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

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...

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.