Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

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...

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

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

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...

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

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.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

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...

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...

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...

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to...

Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to...