Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth14 August 1802
fire people england
English people ... never speak, excepting in cases of fire or murder, unless they are introduced.
class royal wealth
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.
education mother lying
Ignorance, far more than idleness, is the mother of all the vices; and how recent has been the admission, that knowledge should be the portion of all? The destinies of the future lie in judicious education; an education that must be universal, to be beneficial.
kindness people eating
It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people.
hate dull cold
I hate the word 'ought' - it always implies something dull, cold, and commonplace. The 'ought nots' of life are its pleasantest things.
children childhood children-love
Childhood, whose very happiness is love.
destiny luck mud
though fortune's wheel is generally on the turn, sometimes when it gets into the mud, it sticks there.
idols strange fame
It is strange what society will endure from its idols.
book luxury lovers
a preface is a species of literary luxury, where an author, like a lover, is privileged to be egotistical ...
spring doubt mind
Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.
regret links existence
Hopes and regrets are the sweetest links of existence.
poverty rich knows
The rich know not how hard it is to be of needful rest and needful food debarred.
poverty poor feels
Few save the poor feel for the poor.
family pride feelings
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.