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he who seeks pleasure with reference to himself, not others, will ever find that pleasure is only another name for discontent.
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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though fortune's wheel is generally on the turn, sometimes when it gets into the mud, it sticks there.
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Alas! we give our own coloring to the actions of others.
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anybody's applause is better than nobody's.
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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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The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.
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Hopes and regrets are the sweetest links of existence.
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Alas! the praise given to the ear Ne'er was nor ne'er can be sincere.
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Nothing more strongly marks the insufficiency of luxuries than the ease with which people grow accustomed to them they are rather known by their want than by their presence. The word 'blasé' has been coined expressly for the use of the upper classes.
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