People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is...

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is...

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

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

Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company

Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much...

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much...