WIST Quotations

Landor, Walter Savage -- Imaginary Conversations, Third Series, “Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney” (1828)

Dave — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 01:34:41 +0000

Ambition is but Avarice on stilts and masked.

Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) English writer and poet
Imaginary Conversations, Third Series, “Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney” (1828)

Landor, Walter Savage -- Imaginary Conversations, “Dialogues of Literary Men,” ch. 29 “Martin and Jack” (1824-29)

Dave — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:45:40 +0000

Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.

Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) English writer and poet
Imaginary Conversations, “Dialogues of Literary Men,” ch. 29 “Martin and Jack” (1824-29)
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Landor, Walter Savage -- Imaginary Conversations, “Lord Bacon and Richard Hooker” (1824-53)

Dave — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:03:08 +0000

We often stand in need of hearing what we know full well.

Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) English writer and poet
Imaginary Conversations, “Lord Bacon and Richard Hooker” (1824-53)