Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes

English - Poet | August 14, 1802 - October 15, 1838

Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.

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PeopleUnderstandWhateverDislike

Delicious tears! The heart's own dew.

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HeartSadTearsDewOwnDelicious

I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.

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TimeMoving OnGlassesThinkRing

Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.

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LifeGreatArtWaterSocietyFrozen

A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee.

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GardeningRoseBeeHoneyHarvest

How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.

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HopeDisappointmentStepsTracksHow

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

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LightQuotationOverLampWholeApt

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

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PastMemoryFlowersMeTellLast

Were it not better to forget than to remember and regret?

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RegretBetterRememberForgetThan

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

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ManMiserableVeryEverOccupied

Few, save the poor, feel for the poor.

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FeelPoorSaveFew

We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity.

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