Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

Topics: Failure Quotes

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...

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...

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

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.

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.

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by...

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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.

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

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

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

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...

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.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

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.

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,...

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.

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...

Study without thought is vain: thought without study is dangerous.

Study without thought is vain: thought without study is dangerous.

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in mens clothes.

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in mens clothes.

When you become senile, you won't know it.

When you become senile, you won't know it.