No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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

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

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

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...

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 is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

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.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

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

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

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.

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...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily...

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily...

The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to...

The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to...

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...