Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude. Walter Savage Landor More Quotes by Walter Savage Landor More Quotes From Walter Savage Landor Despotism sits nowhere so secure as under the effigy and ensigns of freedom. Walter Savage Landor secure despotism An ingenious mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. Walter Savage Landor criticism praise mind Ambition does not see the earth she treads on: The rock and the herbage are of one substance to her. Walter Savage Landor rocks ambition success There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who think differently from us. Walter Savage Landor diversity justice thinking Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present. Walter Savage Landor future nature life I have since written what no tide Walter Savage Landor ocean names men There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer. Walter Savage Landor singing music sight Cruelty in all countries is the companion of anger; but there is only one, and never was another on the globe, where she coquets both with anger and mirth. Walter Savage Landor cuckoos mirth country You should indeed have longer tarried By the roadside before you married. Walter Savage Landor married matrimony should Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art. Walter Savage Landor next nature art Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery. Walter Savage Landor mastery errors understanding Experience is our only teacher both in war and peace. Walter Savage Landor experience teacher war It appears to be among the laws of nature, that the mighty of intellect should be pursued and carped by the little, as the solitary flight of one great bird is followed by the twittering petulance of many smaller. Walter Savage Landor greatness law bird The habit of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional. Walter Savage Landor offending flattery language Greatness, as we daily see it, is unsociable. Walter Savage Landor greatness A mercantile democracy may govern long and widely; a mercantile aristocracy cannot stand. Walter Savage Landor democracy government long Little men build up great ones, but the snow colossus soon melts; the good stand under the eye of God, and therefore stand. Walter Savage Landor eye snow men Virtue is presupposed in friendship. Walter Savage Landor virtue friendship Friendships are the purer and the more ardent, the nearer they come to the presence of God, the Sun not only of righteousness but of love. Walter Savage Landor righteousness sun friendship Fame, they tell you, is air; but without air there is no life for any; without fame there is none for the best. Walter Savage Landor air fame
