English - Poet | January 30, 1775 - September 17, 1864
Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.
Walter Savage Landor
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No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.
BurnOutThingsAshesThanLighter
We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
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The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
SingingSongSirenWaitsThee
There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie within it.
LifePathLieEasyOutWithin
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
AmbitionAvarice
Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!
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Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.
MenBadLawsMakeManyBad Men
We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
ThinkRealitySelf-LoveSufferWhile
Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
HappinessHappyWishSoonHappier
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