A Quote by Walter Savage Landor

As the pearl ripens in the obscurity of its shell, so ripens in the tomb all the fame that is truly precious.

Walter Savage Landor

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Fame Obscurity Pearl Precious Shell Tomb Truly

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Walter Savage Landor
English - Poet
January 30, 1775 - September 17, 1864

Lo! sweeten'd with the summer light, The full-juiced apple, waxing over-mellow, Drops in a silent autumn night. All its allotted length of days The flower ripens in its place, Ripens and fades, and falls, and hath no toil, Fast-rooted in the fruitful soil.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Autumn ripens in the summer's ray.

John Armstrong

The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Miguel de Cervantes

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Victor Hugo

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

Vincent Van Gogh

It is also false that the revolution ripens and comes to development only in the national soil.

Leon Trotsky

creative thought seems prone to flower in symbols before it ripens to fruit.

Maude Meagher

Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

When the population is filled with peace and harmony it ripens like fruit that turns to rot in a jiff if not preserved by change.

John Lindberg

Self-remembrance, awareness of 'I am' ripens him powerfully and speedily. Give up all ideas about yourself and simply be.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Time ripens the substance of a life as the seasons mellow and perfect its fruits. The best apples fall latest and keep longest.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Praise is God's sunlight in the heart. It destroys sin germs. It ripens the fruits of the Spirit. It is the oil of gladness that lubricates life's activities.