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It is amazing how much a thought expands and refines by being put into speech: I should think it could hardly know itself.
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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to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them.
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marriage is like money - seem to want it, and you never get it.
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Oh, no! my heart can never be Again in lightest hopes the same The love that lingers there for thee Hath more of ashes than of flame.
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