The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

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...

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

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

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

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...

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.

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.

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

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

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

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...

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

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.

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...