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Walter Savage Landor Quotes

English - Poet | January 30, 1775 - September 17, 1864

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

Walter Savage Landor

Wise Writing Posterity Cannot Only

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Walter Savage Landor

Humanity Earth Nothing Divine Except

Delay in justice is injustice.

Walter Savage Landor

Justice Injustice Delay

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

Walter Savage Landor

Singing Singer Delight None Hear

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.

Walter Savage Landor

Good Happiness Men Happy Goodness

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

Walter Savage Landor

Great Men Greatness Lose Great Men

We often fancy that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

Walter Savage Landor

Reality Self-Love Fancy Suffer Often

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.

Walter Savage Landor

Age Childhood Old Age Youth Oil Old

Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.

Walter Savage Landor

Religion Competition Moral Check

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

Walter Savage Landor

Truth Men Small Consequences Juice

Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.

Walter Savage Landor

Religion Think Wiser Him Conceited

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