We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

Quote by Walter Savage Landor

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Consult duty not events.

Consult duty not events.

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.

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...

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

No thoroughly occupied person was ever found really miserable.

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...

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 always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

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

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