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“There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle of their friends and acquaintance. The poorest mechanic, nay, the man who lives upon common alms, gets him his set of admirers, and delights in that superiority which he enjoys over those who are in some respects beneath him. This ambition, which is natural to the soul of man, might, methinks, receive a very happy turn; and, if it were rightly directed, contribute as much to a person's advantage, as it generally does to his uneasiness and disquiet.”

Source: The spectator

“We must distinguish between felicity and prosperity; for prosperity leads often to ambition, and ambition to disappointment; the course is then over, the wheel turns round but once, while the reaction of goodness and happiness is perpetual.”

Turns Courses Goodness Ambition Rounds Disappointment Prosperity Reactions Wheels Perpetual Felicity

Book:The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor: Imaginary conversations. Third series : Conversations of literary men (First series)

Source: The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor: Imaginary conversations. Third series : Conversations of literary men (First series)