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List of Walter Savage Landor Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 227 inspiring quotes by Walter Savage Landor.

About Walter Savage Landor

  • Born: January 30, 1775
  • Died: September 17, 1864
  • Occupation: Writer
    • And modesty, who, when she goes, is gone for ever.
    Gone Modesty
    No good writer was ever long neglected; no great man overlooked by men equally great. impatience is a proof of inferior strength, and a destroyer of what little there may be.
    Appreciation Men Long
    Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. a wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
    Wise Block Men
    I never did a single wise thing in the whole course of my existence, although i have written many which have been thought so.
    Wise Existence Courses
    The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess.
    Men Thinking Excess
    I warmed both hands before the fire of life; it sinks, and i am ready to depart.
    Death Fire Hands
    Authors are like cattle going to a fair: those of the same field can never move on without butting one another.
    Moving Writing Fields
    A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.
    Kindness Shy Littles
    I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.
    Strife Quarrels
    How sweet and sacred idleness is!
    Sweet Sacred Idleness
    Nature i loved, and next to nature, art.
    Art Nature Next
    Merit has rarely risen of itself, but a pebble or a twig is often quite sufficient for it to spring from to the highest ascent. there is usually some baseness before there is any elevation.
    Spring Ascent Pebbles
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