What did Walter Savage Landor mean by: The religion of Christ is peace and good-will,–the religion of Christendom is war and ill-will. Walter Savage Landor Poet · England Copy
+ Consult duty not events. Author, September 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Consultation, Duty, Events, 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
+ Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library. Author, June 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Exploration, Library, Pleasure, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Distance, Influence, Perception, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
We fancy we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Ingratitude, Self-love, Suffering, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
Despotism sits nowhere so secure as under the effigy and ensigns of freedom. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Despotism, Freedom, Security, 0 Walter Savage Landor Poet · England
Wherever there is excessive wealth, there is also in the train of it excessive poverty. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Savage Landor, Inequality, Poverty, Wealth, 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
Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. François Rabelais Author · France
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It’s easier to fight one’s enemies than to get on with one’s friends. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
