The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

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...

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

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...

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.