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

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

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...

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...

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

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.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

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...