Walter Savage Landor Quotes about Greatness

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Great men always pay deference to greater.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Walter Savage Landor

Greatness, Men, Pay

Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.

Walter Savage Landor

Greatness, Men, Littles

Walter Savage Landor (1853). “Imaginary Conversations of Greeks and Romans”, p.110

Greatness, as we daily see it, is unsociable.

Walter Savage Landor

Greatness

Walter Savage Landor (1853). “Imaginary Conversations of Greeks and Romans”, p.154

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

Walter Savage Landor

Greatness, Men, Ordinary

Walter Savage Landor (1883). “Classical dialogues, Greek and Roman”

The tomb is the pedestal of greatness. I make a distinction between God's great and the king's great.

Walter Savage Landor

Kings, Greatness, Pedestal

Walter Savage Landor (1824). “Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen”, p.313

It appears to be among the laws of nature, that the mighty of intellect should be pursued and carped by the little, as the solitary flight of one great bird is followed by the twittering petulance of many smaller.

Walter Savage Landor

Greatness, Law, Bird

Walter Savage Landor (1853). “Imaginary Conversations of Greeks and Romans”, p.166