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Walter Savage Landor was an English writer known for his poetry and prose. His works are renowned for their wit, satire, and profound philosophical insights, which have had a lasting impact on literature.

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Famous Walter Savage Landor Quotes

“Kings play at war unfairly with republics; they can only lose some earth, and some creatures they value as little, while republics lose in every soldier a part of themselves.”

Littles War Play Earth Values Loses Kings Creatures Soldier Republic

Book:The Works of Walter Savage Landor

Source: The Works of Walter Savage Landor

“Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.”

Men Art Inspiration Earth Given Heaven Music Music Is Angel Piano Art And Music Poetry And Music Spiritual Music

Author:Walter Savage Landor

“Ambition does not see the earth she treads on: The rock and the herbage are of one substance to her.”

Doe Earth Success Rocks Achievement Ambition Substance

Book:Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans

Source: Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans

“There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.”

Humans Earth Humanity Divine

Author:Walter Savage Landor

“God scatters beauty as he scatters flowers O'er the wide earth, and tells us all are ours. A hundred lights in every temple burn, And at each shrine I bend my knee in turn.”

Light Earth Turns Beauty Flower Hundred Wide Knees Temples Shrines

Book:The Last Fruit Off an Old Tree

Source: The Last Fruit Off an Old Tree

“Tyrants never perish from tyranny, but always from folly,-when their fantasies have built up a palace for which the earth has no foundation.”

Earth Fantasy Built Foundation Tyranny Folly Tyrants Palaces

Book:Classical (imaginary) Conversations: Greek, Roman, Modern

Source: Classical (imaginary) Conversations: Greek, Roman, Modern