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
mean madness oppression
Cruelty, if we consider it as a crime, is the greatest of all; if we consider it as a madness, we are equally justifiable in applying to it the readiest and the surest means of oppression.
men his-love pleasure
Cruelty is the highest pleasure to the cruel man; it is his love.
wise desire belief
It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires.
mother children
Children are what the mothers are.
seasons falsehood
Falsehood is for a season.
farewell said
The happy never say, and never hear said, farewell.
men names gambling
Be assured that, although men of eminent genius have been guilty of all other vices, none worthy of more than a secondary name has ever been a gamester. Either an excess of avarice or a deficiency of what, in physics, is called excitability, is the cause of it; neither of which can exist in the same bosom with genius, with patriotism, or with virtue.
war ill-will religion
The religion of Christ is peace and good-will,--the religion of Christendom is war and ill-will.
pride men proud
There are proud men of so much delicacy that it almost conceals their pride, and perfectly excuses it.
kindness littles shy
A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.
want rooms suspicion
Politeness is not always a sign of wisdom; but the want of it always leaves room for a suspicion of folly, if folly and imprudence are the same.
philosophy religion may
Religion is the eldest sister of philosophy: on whatever subjects they may differ, it is unbecoming in either to quarrel, and most so about their inheritance.
growth individual interest
Nations, like individuals, interest us in their growth.
evening turbulence
Moroseness is the evening of turbulence.