Quotes by Walter Savage Landor

Walter Savage Landor

British poet

Lived from: 1775 - 1864

Category: Poets (Contemporary) Country: United Kingdom

Born: 30 january 1775 Died: 17 september 1864

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• We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.

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• We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

  ― Walter Savage Landor
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• We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.

  ― Walter Savage Landor
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• What is reading, but silent conversation.

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• Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.

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Subjects in these quotes:

• conversation
• principal
• self-love
• falsehood
• practice
• wrong

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