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Hopes and regrets are the sweetest links of existence.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Age: 36 †
Born: 1802
Born: August 14
Died: 1838
Died: October 15
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Business before pleasure.
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Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly occupied, was ever miserable.
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To this hour, the great science and duty of politics is lowered by the petty leaven of small and personal advantage.
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