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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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 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...

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...

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...

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

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

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

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

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...

Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion...

Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion...

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

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...