Walter Savage Landor Quotes About Greatness

• Great men always pay deference to greater.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Greatness, Men, Pay

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

  Walter Savage Landor

  Grandeza, Hombres, Ordinario

  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

• Un gran hombre conoce el valor de la grandeza; no se atreve a arriesgarla, no la despilfarra.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Greatness, Men, Hazards

  Walter Savage Landor (1853). “The Works of Walter Savage Landor”, p.365

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

  Walter Savage Landor

  Grandeza, Hombres, Pequeños

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

• Greatness, as we daily see it, is unsociable.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Grandeza

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

• 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

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