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Walter Savage Landor Quotes: I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.
         

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.


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The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.



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

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



There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.



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.

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 are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.



A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.



My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.



Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.



The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.



A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.





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You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too.

You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too.



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I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment.



Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.



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the power of philosophy floats through my head.. light like a feather, heavy as lead.



Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did.

Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did.



My mother is more of an adviser. I followed everything she did when I was younger, because I looked up to her so much.

My mother is more of an adviser. I followed everything she did when I was younger, because I looked up to her so much.



If I wish to be well in my mind, then I must write, and there is no cure for my ambition, and thank the Lord for that.

If I wish to be well in my mind, then I must write, and there is no cure for my ambition, and thank the Lord for that.



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A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.




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