Creative Quotations from . . .
Walter Savage Landor
(1775-1864) born on Jan 30
English "poet, essayist". "He is noted for his principal prose "Imaginary Conversations," 1824-53."
 
   
F
What is reading but silent conversation?

R
"Truth, like the juice of a poppy, in small quantities calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them and is attended by fatal consequences in its excess."
A
"I never did a single wise thing in the whole course of my existence, although I have written many which have been thought so."
N
"Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend."
K
"Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
A: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
N: "In "Quotable Business," ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992."
K: "In "Poor Man's College Quotations Collection," ed. Sidney Madwed, AAPEX software, 1994."



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