What did Walter Savage Landor mean by: The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess. Walter Savage Landor Poet · England Copy
Cruelty is the highest pleasure to the cruel man; it is his love. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Cruelty, Love, Pleasure, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
+ Children are what the mothers are. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Identity, Influence, Nurture, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
+ We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier. Author, June 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Contentment, Desire, Happiness, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
+ What is reading but silent conversation? Author, June 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Communication, Connection, Reflection, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Politics, Truth, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
Clear writers, like fountains, do not seem so deep as they are; the turbid look the most profound. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Clarity, Depth, Perception, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
Many laws as certainly make men bad, as bad men make many laws. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Corruption, Laws, Power, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
The religion of Christ is peace and good-will,–the religion of Christendom is war and ill-will. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Conflict, Peace, Religion, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
