Great men always pay deference to greater.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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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,...

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

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

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...

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

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...

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...