Walter Savage Landor Quotes about Lying

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There is no easy path leading out of life, and few are the easy ones that lie within it.

There is no easy path leading out of life, and few are the easy ones that lie within it.

Walter Savage Landor

Life, Lying, Path

Walter Savage Landor (1853). “Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans”, p.225

The worse of ingratitude lies not in the ossified heart of him who commits it, but we find it in the effect it produces on him against whom it was committed.

Walter Savage Landor

Lying, Heart, Produce

Walter Savage Landor (1853). “The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster].”, p.524

If there were no falsehood in the world, there would be no doubt, if there were no doubt, there would be no inquiry; if no inquiry, no wisdom, no knowledge, no genius; and Fancy herself would lie muffled up in her robe, inactive, pale, and bloated.

Walter Savage Landor

Lying, Doubt, Would Be

Walter Savage Landor (1829). “Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen”, p.222

Was genius ever ungrateful? Mere talents are dry leaves, tossed up and down by gusts of passion, and scattered and swept away; but, Genius lies on the bosom of Memory, and Gratitude at her feet.

Walter Savage Landor

Gratitude, Memories, Lying

Walter Savage Landor, Charles George Crump (1909). “Imaginary Conversations: Dialogues of literary men. Dialogues of famous women. Miscellaneous dialogues”

Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too deep for them. No history was ever true. Lives I have read which, if they were not, had the appearance, the interest, and the utility of truth.

Walter Savage Landor

Lying, True Life, Biographies

Walter Savage Landor (1853). “The works of Walter Savage Landor [ed. by J. Forster].”, p.243