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Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Jealousy ought to be tragic, to save it from being ridiculous. Jealousy ought to be tragic, to save it from being ridiculous.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Youth is a season that has no repose. Youth is a season that has no repose.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Music is the language of some other state, born of memory. For what can wake the soul's strong instinct of some other world like music? Music is the language of some other state, born of memory. For what can wake the soul's strong instinct of some other world like music?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: The lover and the physician are each popular from the same cause - we talk to them of nothing but ourselves ... The lover and the physician are each popular from the same cause - we talk to them of nothing but ourselves ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Of all the follies that we can commit, the greatest is to hesitate. Of all the follies that we can commit, the greatest is to hesitate.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Business before pleasure ... Business before pleasure ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Repentance is a one-faced Janus, ever looking to the past. Repentance is a one-faced Janus, ever looking to the past.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity. We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others. Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Anybody's applause is better than nobody's. Anybody's applause is better than nobody's.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean. Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but a bad master. The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but a bad master.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Affection exaggerates its own offenses ... Affection exaggerates its own offenses ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: But ignorance is happiness,When young Hope is to show the way But ignorance is happiness,When young Hope is to show the way
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye. The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: No hour arrives so soon as the one we dread. No hour arrives so soon as the one we dread.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: So much to win, so much to lose,No marvel that I fear to choose. So much to win, so much to lose,
No marvel that I fear to choose.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Anticipation is a bad sleeping draught. Anticipation is a bad sleeping draught.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: I do not think that life has a suspense more sickening than that of expecting a letter which does not come. I do not think that life has a suspense more sickening than that of expecting a letter which does not come.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Fame is bought by happiness. Fame is bought by happiness.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: The truth is, we like to talk over our disasters, because they are ours; and others like to listen, because they are not theirs. The truth is, we like to talk over our disasters, because they are ours; and others like to listen, because they are not theirs.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Doubts, like facts, are stubborn things. Doubts, like facts, are stubborn things.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people. It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: It is strange what society will endure from its idols. It is strange what society will endure from its idols.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Confidence is its own security. Confidence is its own security.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Were it not better to forget than to remember and regret? Were it not better to forget than to remember and regret?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Alas! the praise given to the earNe'er was nor ne'er can be sincere. Alas! the praise given to the ear
Ne'er was nor ne'er can be sincere.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Who has not experienced, at some time or other, that words had all the relief of tears? Who has not experienced, at some time or other, that words had all the relief of tears?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Experience teaches, it is true; but she never teaches in time. Experience teaches, it is true; but she never teaches in time.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Good taste is his religion, his morality, his standard, and his test. Good taste is his religion, his morality, his standard, and his test.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: A sealed book, at whose contents we tremble. A sealed book, at whose contents we tremble.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Thou know'st how fearless is my trust in thee. Thou know'st how fearless is my trust in thee.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: I do love violets; they tell the history of woman's love. I do love violets; they tell the history of woman's love.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: There are words to paint the misery of love, but none to paint its happiness ... There are words to paint the misery of love, but none to paint its happiness ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui. Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Truly, a little love-making is a very pleasant thing ... Truly, a little love-making is a very pleasant thing ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form. In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Curiosity is its own suicide ... Curiosity is its own suicide ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Oh, only those whose souls have felt this one idolatry can tell how precious is the slightest thing affection gives and hallows. Oh, only those whose souls have felt this one idolatry can tell how precious is the slightest thing affection gives and hallows.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Knowledge is much like dust - it sticks to one, one does not know how. Knowledge is much like dust - it sticks to one, one does not know how.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Curiosity and courtesy are very often at variance. Curiosity and courtesy are very often at variance.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: I hate the word 'ought' - it always implies something dull, cold, and commonplace. The 'ought nots' of life are its pleasantest things. I hate the word 'ought' - it always implies something dull, cold, and commonplace. The 'ought nots' of life are its pleasantest things.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence. An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Habit is a second nature, and what was at first pleasure, is next necessity. Habit is a second nature, and what was at first pleasure, is next necessity.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Childhood, whose very happiness is love. Childhood, whose very happiness is love.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: The stars are so far, far away! The stars are so far, far away!
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Affection is a habit. Affection is a habit.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Hope is love's happiness, but not its life. Hope is love's happiness, but not its life.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Ingratitude is the necessary consequence of receiving favors of which we are ashamed. Ingratitude is the necessary consequence of receiving favors of which we are ashamed.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: My heart is its own grave! My heart is its own grave!
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable. No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: To be rude is as good as being clever. To be rude is as good as being clever.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: A woman only can understand a woman ... A woman only can understand a woman ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for life is never so low or so little as when occupied with the present. Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for life is never so low or so little as when occupied with the present.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: A preface is a species of literary luxury, where an author, like a lover, is privileged to be egotistical ... A preface is a species of literary luxury, where an author, like a lover, is privileged to be egotistical ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Whenever I hear a man talking of the advantages of our ill-used sex, I look upon it as the prelude to some new act of authority. Whenever I hear a man talking of the advantages of our ill-used sex, I look upon it as the prelude to some new act of authority.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: There is no wretchedness like self-reproach. There is no wretchedness like self-reproach.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: All profound truths startle you in the first announcement. All profound truths startle you in the first announcement.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: I never cast a flower away,A gift of one who car'd for me;A flowera faded flower,But it was done reluctantly. I never cast a flower away,
A gift of one who car'd for me;
A flower
a faded flower,
But it was done reluctantly.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee. A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: In came ... a baby, eloquent as infancy usually is, and like most youthful orators, more easily heard than understood. In came ... a baby, eloquent as infancy usually is, and like most youthful orators, more easily heard than understood.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Alas! we give our own coloring to the actions of others. Alas! we give our own coloring to the actions of others.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: I would give worlds, could I believeOne-half that is profess'd me;Affection! could I think it Thee,When Flattery has caress'd me. I would give worlds, could I believe
One-half that is profess'd me;
Affection! could I think it Thee,
When Flattery has caress'd me.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: To enjoy yourself is the easy method to give enjoyment to others ... To enjoy yourself is the easy method to give enjoyment to others ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: How very satisfactory those discussions must be, where each party retains their own opinion! How very satisfactory those discussions must be, where each party retains their own opinion!
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life. Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Habit is our idea of eternity. Habit is our idea of eternity.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering acts. Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering acts.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: My tears are buried in my heart, like cave-locked fountains sleeping. My tears are buried in my heart, like cave-locked fountains sleeping.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: How disappointment tracks the steps of hope. How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: English people ... never speak, excepting in cases of fire or murder, unless they are introduced. English people ... never speak, excepting in cases of fire or murder, unless they are introduced.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Nothing is so fortunate for mankind as its diversity of opinion ... Nothing is so fortunate for mankind as its diversity of opinion ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Are we not like the actor of old times, who wore his mask so long his face took its likeness? Are we not like the actor of old times, who wore his mask so long his face took its likeness?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: The fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally a waste of time. The fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally a waste of time.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly occupied, was ever miserable ... Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly occupied, was ever miserable ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Conscience, like a child, is soon lulled to sleep ... Conscience, like a child, is soon lulled to sleep ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: All beginnings are very troublesome things ... All beginnings are very troublesome things ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Memory has many conveniences, and, among others, that of foreseeing things as they have afterwards happened. Memory has many conveniences, and, among others, that of foreseeing things as they have afterwards happened.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment. Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: A friend is never alarmed for us in the right place. A friend is never alarmed for us in the right place.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Few, save the poor, feel for the poor. Few, save the poor, feel for the poor.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Were it not better to forgetThan but remember and regret Were it not better to forget
Than but remember and regret
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: The fearless make their own way ... The fearless make their own way ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: That which is always within our reach, is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all. That which is always within our reach, is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Though fortune's wheel is generally on the turn, sometimes when it gets into the mud, it sticks there. Though fortune's wheel is generally on the turn, sometimes when it gets into the mud, it sticks there.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: One of the greatest of all mental pleasures is to have our thoughts often divined: ever entered into with sympathy. One of the greatest of all mental pleasures is to have our thoughts often divined: ever entered into with sympathy.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing. We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: The rich know not how hard it is to be of needful rest and needful food debarred. The rich know not how hard it is to be of needful rest and needful food debarred.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Farewell's a bitter word to say. Farewell's a bitter word to say.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Travel is as much a passion as ambition or love. Travel is as much a passion as ambition or love.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: How beautiful, how buoyant, and glad is morning! How beautiful, how buoyant, and glad is morning!
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Hard are life's early steps; and but that youth is buoyant, confident, and strong in hope, men would behold its threshold, and despair. Hard are life's early steps; and but that youth is buoyant, confident, and strong in hope, men would behold its threshold, and despair.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: The very effort to forget teaches us to remember. The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: To this hour, the great science and duty of politics is lowered by the petty leaven of small and personal advantage ... To this hour, the great science and duty of politics is lowered by the petty leaven of small and personal advantage ...
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: All sweeping assertions are erroneous. All sweeping assertions are erroneous.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Suicide and antipathy to fires in a bedroom seem to be among the national characteristics. Perhaps the same moral cause may originate both. Suicide and antipathy to fires in a bedroom seem to be among the national characteristics. Perhaps the same moral cause may originate both.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: The past is perpetual youth to the heart. The past is perpetual youth to the heart.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: If there be any one habit which more than another is the dry rot of all that is high and generous in youth, it is the habit of ridicule. If there be any one habit which more than another is the dry rot of all that is high and generous in youth, it is the habit of ridicule.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: We are ourselves our happiness. We are ourselves our happiness.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon quotes: Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last? Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

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