We oftener say things because we can say them well, than because they are sound and reasonable. Walter Savage Landor More Quotes by Walter Savage Landor More Quotes From Walter Savage Landor I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. Walter Savage Landor firedeathhands Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who thinks differently from him. Walter Savage Landor conceitedreligionthinking The moderate are not usually the most sincere, for the same circumspection which makes them moderate makes them likewise retentive of what could give offence. Walter Savage Landor prudencesinceregiving In the morn of life we are alert, we are heated in its noon, and only in its decline do we repose. Walter Savage Landor noondeclinelife No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner. Walter Savage Landor incenseburn-outashes Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good. Walter Savage Landor joyhappinessmen Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always. Walter Savage Landor wisdommentwo Immoderate power, like other intemperance, leaves the progeny weaker and weaker, until nature as in compassion covers it with her mantle and it is seen no more. Walter Savage Landor intemperancecompassionpower The highest price we can pay for anything; is to ask it. Walter Savage Landor wealthmoneypay We listen to those whom we know to be of the same opinion as ourselves, and we call them wise for being of it; but we avoid such as differ from us. Walter Savage Landor opinionwiseknows Men universally are ungrateful towards him who instructs them, unless, in the hours or in the intervals of instruction, he presents a sweet-cake to their self-love. Walter Savage Landor selfsweetmen Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce. Walter Savage Landor competitionmoralatheism A great man knows the value of greatness; he dares not hazard it, he will not squander it. Walter Savage Landor hazardsgreatnessmen Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one Walter Savage Landor mishapsfailurefailing There is no easy path leading out of life, and few are the easy ones that lie within it. Walter Savage Landor pathlifelying We talk on principal, but act on motivation. Walter Savage Landor principalmotivationmotivational We may receive so much light as not to see, and so much philosophy as to be worse than foolish. Walter Savage Landor lightmayphilosophy Life and death appear more certainly ours than whatsoever else; and yet hardly can that be called ours, which comes without our knowledge, and goes without it. Walter Savage Landor life-and-deathdyingdeath The tomb is the pedestal of greatness. I make a distinction between God's great and the king's great. Walter Savage Landor pedestalgreatnesskings Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon. Walter Savage Landor democracylandkings
