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

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

Topics: Falsehood Quotes, Politics Quotes

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...

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

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

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.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.

Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.

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 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.

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...

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...

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

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.

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.

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

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.

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...

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

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.

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...