We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

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

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

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.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

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...

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...

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.

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

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,...

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in mens clothes.

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in mens clothes.

Study without thought is vain: thought without study is dangerous.

Study without thought is vain: thought without study is dangerous.

I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.

I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.