There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie within it.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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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.

Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats...

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats...

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...

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

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...

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

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...

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.

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...

How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers...

How can you be a sage if you're pretty? You can't get your wizard papers...

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the...

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the...