Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. -Walter Savage Landor

 

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.


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This quote is just one of 8 total Walter Savage Landor quotes in our collection. Walter Savage Landor is known for saying 'Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.' as well as some of the following quotes.

We talk on principle, but we act on interest.

Walter Savage Landor

Truth is a point, the subtlest and finest; harder than adamant; never to be broken, worn away or blunted. Its only bad quality is, that it is sure to hurt those who touch it; and likely to draw blood, perhaps the life blood of those who press earnestly upon it.

Walter Savage Landor

A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

Walter Savage Landor

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

Walter Savage Landor

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Walter Savage Landor