Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

Topics: Gifts Quotes, Music Quotes

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

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...

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

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...

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...

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...

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we...

We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we...

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.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

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...

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.