Walter Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landorwas an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public popularity. As remarkable as his work was, it was equalled by his rumbustious character and lively temperament...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 January 1775
time dust sublime
The sublime is contained in a grain of dust.
heart poetry source
That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.
punishment toes nails
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
long giving diversity
We enter our studies, and enjoy a society which we alone can bring together. We raise no jealousy by conversing with one in preference to another; we give no offence to the most illustrious by questioning him as long as we will, and leaving him as abruptly. Diversity of opinion raises no tumult in our presence: each interlocutor stands before us, speaks or is silent, and we adjourn or decide the business at our leisure.
looks easy difficulty
It is easy to look down on others; to look down on ourselves is the difficulty.
style spirit language
Every good writer has much idiom; it is the life and spirit of language.
kings land democracy
Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.
wise desire belief
It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires.
dancing together misery
I have suffered more from my bad dancing than from all the misfortunes and miseries of my life put together.
pace may steps
Friendship may sometimes step a few paces in advance of truth.
body fleas size
Fleas know not whether they are upon the body of a giant or upon one of ordinary size.
acceptance fate yield
We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.
proportion absurdity customs
Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude.
appreciation men long
No good writer was ever long neglected; no great man overlooked by men equally great. Impatience is a proof of inferior strength, and a destroyer of what little there may be.