Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

Topics: Excess Quotes, Truth Quotes

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

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

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

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 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.

Delay in justice is injustice.

Delay in justice is injustice.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.