In honest truth, a name given to a man is no better than a skin given to him; what is not natively his own falls off and comes to nothing.


Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen (ed. 1824)

Walter Savage Landor Quotes

In honest truth, a name given to a man is no better than a skin given to him; what is not natively his own falls off and comes to nothing.

In honest truth, a name given to a man is no better than a skin given to him; what is not natively his own falls off and comes to nothing.

In honest truth, a name given to a man is no better than a skin given to him; what is not natively his own falls off and comes to nothing.

In honest truth, a name given to a man is no better than a skin given to him; what is not natively his own falls off and comes to nothing.