264 Quotes by Walter Savage Landor

Petulance is not wit, although a few grains of wit may be found in petulance; quartz is not gold, although a few grains of gold may be found in quartz.

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

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

A great man knows the value of greatness; he dares not hazard it, he will not squander it.

Sculpture and painting are moments of life; poetry is life itself.

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.

We may receive so much light as not to see, and so much philosophy as to be worse than foolish.

Every witticism is an inexact thought; that which is perfectly true is imperfectly witty.