264 Quotes by Walter Savage Landor

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

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.

The heart that once has been bathed in love's pure fountain retains the pulse of youth forever.

There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie within it.

Solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

Next in criminality to him who violates the laws of his country, is he who violates the language.

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

True wit, to every man, is that which falls on another.

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.