The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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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.

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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 nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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.

We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

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

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

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

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...

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.

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...

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...

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

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.

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...