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of all the follies that we can commit, the greatest is to hesitate.
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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The dream on the pillow, That flits with the day, The leaf of the willow A breath wears away The dust on the blossom, The spray on the sea Ay,--ask thine own bosom-- Are emblems of thee.
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There is no denying that there are 'royal roads' through existence for the upper classes for them, at least, the highways are macadamized, swept, and watered.
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Thou know'st how fearless is my trust in thee.
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It is strange what society will endure from its idols.
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I have a respect for family pride. If it be a prejudice, it is a prejudice in its most picturesque shape. But I hold it is connected with some of the noblest feelings in our nature.
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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.
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The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.
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Jealousy ought to be tragic, to save it from being ridiculous.
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How very satisfactory those discussions must be, where each party retains their own opinion!
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Politeness, however, acts the lady's maid to our thoughts and they are washed, dressed, curled, rouged, and perfumed, before they are presented to the public.
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Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true without it, we are little, false, and mean.
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Suicide and antipathy to fires in a bedroom seem to be among the national characteristics. Perhaps the same moral cause may originate both.
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The truth is, we like to talk over our disasters, because they are ours and others like to listen, because they are not theirs.
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There are words to paint the misery of love, but none to paint its happiness.
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Habit is a second nature, and what was at first pleasure, is next necessity.
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... true love is like religion, it hath its silence and its sanctity.
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I hate the word 'ought' - it always implies something dull, cold, and commonplace. The 'ought nots' of life are its pleasantest things.
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habit is our idea of eternity.
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