There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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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...

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...

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.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

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.

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.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

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

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

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...

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 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

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

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...

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.

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...

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand,...

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand,...

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.