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
humility destiny situations-in-life
From religion ... they will learn the only true lesson of equality - the conviction that our destinies are not in our own hands; they will see that no situation in life is without its share of suffering; - and this perpetual reference to a higher power ought equally to teach the rich humility, and the poor devotion.
shopping feminine felicity
Shopping, true feminine felicity!
opposites chemistry attraction
In marriage, as in chemistry, opposites have often an attraction.
philosophy reality blessing
the blessings of matrimony, like those of poverty, belong rather to philosophy than reality.
maids manners politeness
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 ...
class luxury people
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.
life-is-too-short remembrance live-in-the-moment
the fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally a waste of time.
first-love borders saying-too-much
Our first love-letter ... There is so much to be said, and which no words seems exactly to say - the dread of saying too much is so nicely balanced by the fear of saying too little. Hope borders on presumption, and fear on reproach.
taste tests morality
Good taste is his religion, his morality, his standard, and his test.
country opposites people
I cannot see why a taste for the country should be held so very indispensable a requisite for excellence; but really people talk of it as if it were a virtue, and as if an opposite opinion was, to say the least of it, very immoral.
memories convenience foreseeing
Memory has many conveniences, and, among others, that of foreseeing things as they have afterwards happened.
jobs memories past
Perhaps, from an innate desire of justification, sorrow always exaggerates itself. Memory is quite one of Job's friends; and the past is ever ready to throw its added darkness on the present.
giving action projection
Alas! we give our own coloring to the actions of others.
heart past youth
The past is perpetual youth to the heart.