Letitia Elizabeth Landon Short Quotes

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A light compliment was never yet breathed by love.

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We all know mysteries are very fascinating things.

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Distinction is purchased at the expense of sympathy

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Ill-timed admiration is enough to enrage a saint.


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Death's a fearful thing when we must count its steps!

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… when was a woman ever witty without being bitter?

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—vanity, like all social vices, craves for novelty ;

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Expectation is in itself a very pretty sort of reality.

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Alas! we give our own coloring to the actions of others.

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For nothing like the weary step
Betrays the weary heart.

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All profound truths startle you in the first announcement.

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Repentance is a one-faced Janus, ever looking to the past.

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The voyage appeared short, for I had nothing to anticipate.

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We enjoy no pleasure so much as we do tormenting ourselves.

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We step not over the threshold of childhood till led by Love

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Traveling is as much a passion as love, poetry, or ambition.

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During slumber's magic reign
Other times shall live again;

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Oh, the heart
Knows not the power of music till it loves !

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Who does not know the restlessness of an anticipated arrival?

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Who cares for a general compliment more than a general lover.

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The gallantry of an English peasant rarely expands into words.

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Jealousy ought to be tragic, to save it from being ridiculous.

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Experience teaches, it is true; but she never teaches in time.

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His mind divided! Verily, that is making two bites of a cherry.

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… unshared mirth only damps the spirits of a small circle …

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For when do friends not delight in the sorrow of the prosperous?

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There is an indolence in grief
Which will not even seek relief.

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Nothing is so fortunate for mankind as its diversity of opinion.

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Hope is a timid thing,
Fearful, and weak, and born in suffering.

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Methinks adieu
Is cold, when uttered with aught else but tears.

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