Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too deep for them. No history was ever true. Lives I have read which, if they were not, had the appearance, the interest, and the utility of truth.


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

Walter Savage Landor Quotes

Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too deep for...

Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too deep for...

Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too deep for...

Of all studies, the most delightful and the most useful is biography. The seeds of great events lie near the surface; historians delve too deep for...