Great men always pay deference to greater.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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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...

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...

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

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

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.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

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.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

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...

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

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...

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

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,...

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...