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

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

Topics: Age Quotes

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...

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

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,...

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

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.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

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...