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Quote by Walter Savage Landor

“Sculpture and painting are moments of life; poetry is life itself.”

Work

This book delves into the personal and political dynamics of the relationship between Pericles, a prominent figure in Athens during the Golden Age, and Aspasia, a woman of significant influence in her own right. The narrative likely examines the complexities of their relationship against the backdrop of the Peloponnesian War and the cultural and social norms of the time. more

Author

Walter Savage Landor

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. more

“This is the pleasantest part of life. Oblivion throws her light coverlet over our infancy; and, soon after we are out of the cradle we forget how soundly we had been slumbering, and how delightful were our dreams. Toil and pleasure contend for us almost the instant we rise from it: and weariness follows whichever has carried us away. We stop awhile, look around us, wonder to find we have completed the circle of existence, fold our arms, and fall asleep again.”

Looks Dream Light Fall Forget Pleasure Existence Wonder Arms Circles Instant Toil Delightful Our Dreams Oblivion Folds Cradle Parts Of Life Infancy Weariness

Book:Pericles and Aspasia

Source: Pericles and Aspasia

“Let a gentleman be known to have been cheated of twenty pounds, and it costs him forty a-year for the remainder of his life.”

Years Has Beens Known Cost Twenties Gentleman Forty Pounds Cheated

Book:Barrow and Newton. Peleus and Thetis. The King of Ava and Rao-Gong-Fao. Photo Zavellas and his sister Kaido. Epicurus, Leontion, and Ternissa. The Empress Catharine and Princess Dashkoff. William Penn and Lord Peterborough. Miguel and mother. Metellus and Marius. Nicolas and Michel. Leofric and Godiva. Izaac Walton, Cotton, and William Oldways

Source: Barrow and Newton. Peleus and Thetis. The King of Ava and Rao-Gong-Fao. Photo Zavellas and his sister Kaido. Epicurus, Leontion, and Ternissa. The Empress Catharine and Princess Dashkoff. William Penn and Lord Peterborough. Miguel and mother. Metellus and Marius. Nicolas and Michel. Leofric and Godiva. Izaac Walton, Cotton, and William Oldways

“Patience, piety, and salutary knowledge spring up and ripen under the harrow of affliction; before there is wine or oil, the grape must be trodden and the oil pressed.”

Spring Wine Oil Affliction Piety Grapes

Author:Walter Savage Landor

“Shakespeare is not our poet, but the world's.”

World Poet

Book:Delphi Collected Poetical Works of Walter Savage Landor (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Poetical Works of Walter Savage Landor (Illustrated)

“To my ninth decade I have totter'd on, And no soft arm bends now my steps to steady; She, who once led me where she would, is gone, So when he calls me, Death shall find me ready.”

Steps Gone Ready Arms Decades Call Me Steady Find Me

Book:Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor

Source: Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor

“Other offences, even the greatest, are the violation of one law: despotism is the violation of all.”