Quotations V Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B B C D E F A G H I H| We think that we suffer from ingratitude while in reality we suffer from self love | A |
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| The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander | B |
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| We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier | B |
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| Consult duty not events | C |
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| A man's vanity tells him what is honor a man's conscience what is justice | D |
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| Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce | E |
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| In argument truth always prevails finally in politics falsehood always | F |
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| An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof | A |
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| 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 | G |
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| I warmed both hands before the fire of life It sinks and I am ready to depart | H |
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| Ambition has but one reward for all A little power a little transient fame A grave to rest in and a fading name | I |
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| 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 | H |
Walter Savage Landor
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