What did Walter Savage Landor mean by: In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always. Walter Savage Landor Poet · England Copy
Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, History, Subject, Writing, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Custom, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Modesty, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
+ There is nothing on earth divine except humanity. Author, September 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Divinity, Earth, Humanity, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
The eyes of critics, whether in commending or carping, are both on one side, like a turbot’s. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Bias, Criticism, Perception, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
Those who speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Criticism, Greatness, Jealousy, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
The heart that once has been bathed in love’s pure fountain retains the pulse of youth forever. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Eternal, Love, Youth, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
+ It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires. Author, October 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Belief, Moderation, Wisdom, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. Read explanation Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. Jeanette Winterson Author · England
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
